Barring any last change of plan, the Federal Government is expected to announce Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 7, Mr. Suleiman Abba, as a replacement for Mohammed Abubakar, the Inspector-General of Police, whose tenure ended on July 30, 2014.
Findings indicated that President
Goodluck Jonathan had already conveyed to Abba the news of his
appointment as the next IG, following his selection by the Police
Council made up of the 36 state governors and the Chairman of the Police
Service Commission, Mike Okiro.
A source in the Presidency said, “Abba
would be announced any moment from now as the next IG; in fact, the
appointment has been confirmed to him personally, all we are waiting for
is the official announcement by the President which may be made after
the FEC meeting on Wednesday.”
Abubakar, from Zamfara State, enlisted
into the Nigeria Police Force on July 30, 1979 and was due for
retirement on July 30, 2014, based on the mandatory retirement age.
Abubakar, who had attained the mandatory
35 years in service, had been expected to proceed on terminal leave
early in the month, but he had clung on, hoping his tenure would be
extended.
The PUNCH had exclusively
reported that Abubakar would not be granted an extension in spite of his
relative achievements in the Force and efforts by Vice President Namadi
Sambo, to persuade President Jonathan to extend his tenure till 2015.
The appointment of Abba as the next IG
seems to have put paid to Sambo’s alleged promise and assurances to
Abubakar and his dream of staying in office till after the general
elections.
Investigations showed that it was only
the tenure of former IG Sunday Ehindero that was extended by one year by
the administration of Olusegun Obasanjo.
Abba, whose appointment may be announced
on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council meeting, had served as
the Commissioner of Police in charge of Rivers State; Deputy Force
Secretary and Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of State CID,
FCT Police Command.
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