Indications emerged, yesterday, in Abuja, that President
Goodluck Jonathan and the Police council made up of the 36 state governors and
the Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Mike Mbama Okiro (IGP, rtd) have
settled for the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 7, Mr. Suleiman
Abba as the next Inspector General of Police when incumbent, Mohammed Dahiru
Abubakar retires tomorrow after attaining the mandatory 35 years in service,
Vanguard reports.
The incumbent IGP Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar, whose tenure
expires tomorrow, July 31, 2014, was appointed the 16th indigenous IGP in
January 2012.
Vanguard was further informed that President Jonathan feels
comfortable with the AIG zone 7, having worked with him in Abuja for almost two
years now. Abba is an alumnus of the Nigerian Institute of Policy and Strategic
Studies, NIPPS, Kuru.
The new IG will be announced today after the Federal
Executive Council meeting presided byGoodluck Jonathan.
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