Buhari Replaces Inspector General of Police Idris Ibrahim

Report reaching us  has it that President Muhammad Buhari has replace IGP Idris Ibrahim with AIG Adamu Mohammed as the new Inspector General of Police.

We gathered that the new appointment was necessary because the tenure of Idris Ibrahim ended this month.

Adamu Mohammed, a former commissioner of police in Enugu state, has been appointed acting inspector-general of police (IGP).

A police source disclosed this to TheCable, saying the appointment would be made public any moment from now.

The source said Mohammed, who hails from Nasarawa state, was “transferred out of relevance”.

He was said to have been appointed from the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, near Jos.

Mohammed was a deputy commissioner of police in Ekiti state and had served at the Interpol. He rose to the rank of assistant inspector general of police (AIG).

His appointment lays to rest the controversy surrounding the tenure of Ibrahim Idris, outgoing IGP. There had been reports on the plots to extend Idris’ tenure but opposition parties kicked against it.

Idris was expected to have retired on January 3 after completing the mandatory 35 years in service.

A senior presidency official had told TheCable that President Muhammadu Buhari had asked the attorney-general of the federation, Abubakar Malami, for a legal opinion on the possible extension of Idris’ tenure.

The source said Buhari is favourably disposed to extending Idris’ tenure “by two to three months” but would not want any legal issues around it.

“The president has asked Malami for a legal opinion on the tenure extension. He does not want to take any decision that will be upturned by the courts,” the official had told TheCable.

TheCable could not confirm if Malami has written the legal advice but he is not known to go against the wish of the president.