READ The Profile Of The New IG Of Police, Abubakar Adamu Mohammed
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Abubakar Adamu Mohammed as the new Inspector General of Police to replace Ibrahim Idris, who is scheduled to retire from office.
Recall an earlier report that Idris Ibrahim was expected to retire on Tuesday on attainment of the mandatory 35 years in service or 60 years of age.
Mohammed, who was the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) at the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, near Jos, Plateau State, will be officially announced as the new Police Boss on Tuesday.
Until his appointment, Mohammed, who hails from Nasarawa State, is an assistant Inspector-General by rank.
Mohammed was born on November 9, 1961. He enlisted in the police in 1986. He has a bachelors degree in Geography.
He was a director of peacekeeping operations, a former police commissioner in Enugu and an AIG in charge of Zone 5 Benin, Edo State.
His appointment came after many Nigerians kicked the against an alleged move by President Buhari to extend the tenure of the outgoing IGP, basing their allegations on the notion that there are plans to use Idris’s influence to manipulate the presidential election scheduled for February 2019.
He is popularly within police circles as Adamu Mohammed Lafia, in reference to his place of birth, which is the Nasarawa State capital.
The Nasarawa-born police chief has served with the United Nations and INTERPOL. He was also a former Deputy Commissioner of Police(DCP) in Ekiti State.