President Muhammadu Buhari has
appointed a new Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammad Abubakar Adamu
Buhari decorated the new Inspector
General of Police at the State House, Abuja on Tuesday.
He was assisted by the immediate
past Police IG, Ibrahim Kpotun Idris.
The new IG hails from Nasarawa.
Earlier on Tuesday, the President
and cabinet ministers had held an emergency Federal Executive Council meeting
in Abuja.
The agenda of the meeting, which
took place at the Presidential Villa, was unknown.
Our Correspondent had reported
earlier that Adamu was sighted at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He had been projected as the
possible replacement for the former Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim
Idris.
Adamu was seen on Tuesday morning
going to the office of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr. Abba Kyari, for
a meeting.
While Adamu was at the Villa, Idris
was with other security chiefs at the Cenotaph of the Unknown Soldier laying a
wreath in commemoration of the 2019 Armed Forces Remembrance Day.
Adamu’s appointment as the new
Inspector-General of Police was without prior announcement by the Presidency.
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