Joy Anyim
A source at the Presidency has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed an acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), AIG Abubakar Adamu Mohammed, to replace retiring Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris who is retiring from the service, on Tuesday, January 15, 2019.
Adam, who was the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) at the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), will be officially announced as the new Police Boss, on Tuesday.
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The choice of Adamu was made from a list of names of officers presented to the President.
Our correspondent learnt that the Presidency would officially announce the new appointment on Tuesday.
Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Adamu Mohammed was a Directing Officer at the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), in Jos, Plateau State, but would wait for an official announcement to be made as the sources at the Presidency would not like to be quoted.
Adamu Mohammed hails from Nasarawa State.