Maxwell Okpara, an Abuja-based lawyer, has asked a federal
high court sitting in the federal capital territory (FCT) to stop Mohammed Adamu
from ”parading himself” as the inspector-general of police (IGP).
Adamu who was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in
2019 had on Monday clocked the mandatory 35 years in service, and was expected
to have been replaced by the president.
Okpara, in the suit, with number FHC/ABJ/CS/106/2021, is
challenging Adamu’s stay in office as IGP beyond February 1, 2021, when he
ought to have retired.
He listed Adamu, Buhari, Abubakar Malami, attorney-general
of the federation (AGF), and the police council as defendants in the suit.
The lawyer, claiming the office of the IGP became vacant on
February 1, said Buhari failed to appoint a new IGP.
“That the second defendant though, no longer a serving
police officer, continued to function as the Inspector-General of Police,
sitting in the office of the Inspector-General of Police and adorning the
official uniform of an Inspector-General of Police,” part of the suit read.
“Whether the failure of the president and the Nigeria Police
Council to appoint an IG on February 1, 2021 does not constitute abdication of
their duties under Section 215 of the Constitution and Section 7 of the Nigeria
Police Act, 2020.”
He asked for an order restraining Adamu from “parading
himself as IG or exercising any form of command or control over the Nigeria
Police Force not being a serving police officer”.
He also prayed for another order mandating the president and
the police council to immediately appoint a new IGP in line with the provisions
of section 7 of the Police Act.
Despite the speculations about his retirement, Adamu is
still performing his duties as the IGP. On Tuesday, he was at Nnamdi Azikiwe
International Airport, Abuja to receive the president who was returning from
Katsina.
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