Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo General Assembly Worldwide has asked
President Muhammadu Buhari to consider appointing an Igbo as the next
inspector-general of police (IGP).
The group was reacting to the president’s appointment of new
service chiefs.
On Tuesday, Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, announced
the resignation of the service chiefs and the appointment of new persons to
fill in their positions.
The new service chiefs are Lucky Irabor, chief of defence
staff; Ibrahim Attahiru, chief of army staff; Awwal Gambo, chief of naval
staff, and Isiaka Amao, chief of air staff.
Reacting to the development in a statement on Wednesday,
Onuorah Onyeachonam, president-general of the group, said Buhari excluded Igbo
from the appointment.
He asked the president to appoint the most senior Igbo
native in the force as IGP.
Onyeachonam asked the new service chiefs to take up the task
and combat the “daring challenges of insecurity in our country”.
“There is no Igbo man among the newly appointed Service
Chiefs. Those who claim that the newly appointed Chief of Defense Staff Maj Gen
Leo Irabor is an Igbo man should tell us if Irabor is an Igbo name,” he said.
“As the Inspector General of Police is due for retirement
and fast getting ready to exit the police apex position, we call on the APC-
led Federal Government to consider an Igbo man for the position of the
Inspector General of Police.
“If there is no Igbo man or woman qualified for the job of
the IGP, promote the Igbos next in line in the Police Force to fit in.”
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