BUHARI APPOINTS ACTING INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE
The statement said, the Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, hails from Lafia, Nasarawa State and a holder of BSc. Geography. He enlisted into the Force on 1st February, 1986 as Cadet Assistant Inspector General of Police.
Penpushing also reports that, the Acting police boss is a versatile and seasoned Police Officer, a professional per excellence, who attended several Senior Officer Courses on Law Enforcement, Crime Prevention, Control and Management within and outside Nigeria.
‘Before his appointment as the Acting Inspector General of Police, he was a Directing Staff at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Jos, Plateau State. He was Commissioner of Police in Ekiti and Enugu States and also Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 5 Police Command Headquarters, Benin, Edo State’.
Penpushing further reports that, the new Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, while speaking after his decoration by the President and Vice President said he will adopt a fresh strategy to tackle the insecurity challenges facing Nigeria.
He also thanked President Muhammed Buhari for appointing him, pointing out that he knew that there were security challenges to be tackled in the country, stating that, ”issues of kidnapping, abduction and other security challenges. From the strategies put in place by the former IGP, we will restrategise and make sure that we tackle these challenges squarely,”.
On the forthcoming general elections Adamu said adequate arrangements have already been made by his predecessor to make sure that free and fair and credible elections take place in in the country, stating that, ”we are going to build upon the strategies put in place to make sure that we have hitch-free elections in the country,” .
Penpushing reports that, the new police chieftain also assured political parties participating in the election that as professionals, the police “are going to stick by the rules, we are going to do the right thing”.
”We will not go outside the ethics of our job to do things that are untoward. Everybody will be given level-playing ground to play his or her politics,” he said.
Meanwhile, the former Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, who also spoke briefly, advised his successor to go round the whole country and “adopt measures to ensure that the Nigerian Police Force give maximum protection to lives and property”.
