Muhammad Dingyadi, minister of police affairs, has spoken on
why Mohammed Adamu, former inspector-general of police (IGP), did not complete
his three months tenure extension.
He said it is the prerogative of President Muhammadu Buhari
to decide on when to make an appointment.
The president has approved the appointment of Alkali Usman
Baba as the new IGP.
Baba replaces Adamu who was given a three-month tenure
extension by the president on February 4. Adamu had spent two months and three
days out of the three months.
While briefing state house correspondents, the police
minister was asked for the reason behind the president’s decision not to allow
the outgoing IGP complete his extended tenure.
In response, he said: “Mr. President is aware of this and
you cannot take away that responsibility from him; he’s the one who is in
charge of appointing or extending tenures.
“He has now decided to appoint a new person. So please allow him that responsibility and we cannot do anything about it.”
Dingyadi said the president is grateful to the outgoing IGP
“for his professionalism and dedication to duty during the period of his
tenure”.
Commenting on the selection of the new IGP, the minister
said he was picked after a “thorough check of a shortlist of suitably qualified
police officers from the rank of DIGs and AIGs, who are eligible police
officers, eligible for appointment as IGP”.
The minister said Baba’s appointment is in line with the
president’s goal “to rejig the security architecture country, to ensure that
the security challenges bedeviling the nation are brought to an end”.
He added that the president has charged Baba to “rise to the
challenge to ensure policing reform policy of this administration are fully
prioritised and implemented”.
Until his appointment, Baba was the deputy inspector-general
of police, force criminal investigation department, police headquarters.
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