A new Inspector General of Police (IGP), AIG Abubakar Adamu Mohammed has been appointed to replace Ibrahim Idris, who is scheduled to retire from office.
TheLagostimes gathered that the appointment of a new IGP has become imperative as Idris, who is clocking 60 years on Tuesday (Jan. 15) and has served for 35 as required by the civil service rule is due for retirement.
Though there has not been any official statement from the government, a source close to the presidency, who preferred not to be named, confirmed to Vanguard that a replacement to the retiring IGP would be named Tuesday.
“Yes, the IGP Ibrahim Idris is retiring tomorrow and possibly an acting Inspector-General maybe named very soon.
“But I will advise that you wait for official statement to that effect”, the source said.
Meanwhile, the Outgoing Inspector-General Ibrahim Idris met with the president at the State House on Monday afternoon, a visit police sources said has become a tradition for outgoing inspectors-general in recent years.
IGP Idris who was appointed by President Buhari on March 21, 2016, replaced Solomon Arase, who retired from the police force on June 21, 2016.
He was enlisted into the Nigerian Police Force in 1984, after graduating from the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria with a Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture.