Adamu confirmed as Police IGP

The Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Adamu Mohammed, has officially been confirmed as Nigeria’s new IGP.

The Police Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday confirmed him as the substantive IGP

At the meeting on Thursday were Musiliu Smith, chairman of the police service commission; and governors of the 36 states of the federation.

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Following the expiration of the tenure of the former IGP, Ibrahim Idris, President Muhammadu Buhari had on January 15, appointed Adamu as the acting IGP.

With his confirmation as the substantive IGP, Adamu’s name will now enter into Nigeria’s history book and the 20th IGP produced by the country.

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