No fewer than 30 senior officers of the Nigeria
Police Force are set for retirement. This was
sequel to a letter written to the presidency by the
new acting Inspector General of Polsaid
ThisDay Newspaper has exclusively reported on
monday that the new acting Inspector General of
Police, Ibrahim Idris, has allegedly written to
President Muhammadu Buhari, recommending the
immediate retirement of 30 senior police officers.
monday that the new acting Inspector General of
Police, Ibrahim Idris, has allegedly written to
President Muhammadu Buhari, recommending the
immediate retirement of 30 senior police officers.
It was gathered that the police officers are of the
rank of Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of police,
and even though they are all coursemates with the
new IGP, they are his senior in terms of promotion.
It was further learnt that some of the attempts
made by some AIGs to meet and greet him since
his appointment by the president was said to have
proven abortive as they were blocked off.
A source who spoke to ThisDay said, “There is
serious tension at the Police Headquarters in Abuja.
We have heard that the new acting IG wants to
retire both his seniors and coursemates.
”On Friday, he wrote to the presidency, through the
Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, and it was approved and
forwarded to the desk of the President for final
approval.
“According to what Idris wrote, his reason why he
asked for their retirement is that he cannot work
with them. He said he wants to in all sense of the
world take charge of the police.
”He said since he has been given the responsibility
to provide security, it was imperative that these
AIGs be removed because they might be a clog in
his wheel of progress.
“With this move, there is a tendency to make 14
Commissioners of Police AIGs since the available
and compulsory vacancy for AIGs is 26.
“Already before now, 12 AIGs were promoted. From
the 12, they will take seven of them to become
Deputy Inspector General (DIGs) of Police and then
they will be forced to go to the CP rank to fill up
the AIG rank of 26.
”We wonder why they are removing experienced
hands that would have helped him steer the police
to greater heights.
“These officers that will be retired, are the last set
of senior policemen that were trained abroad, or
have gone for short courses.
“I don’t know why we are wasting manpower. By
removing these old hands, we will have to expend
huge amount of money to train the new crop of
AIGs and CPs,” the source said
