The Minister of Police of Affairs, Mohammed Dingyadi, has said that the Inspector General of Police, Alkali Usman Daba, would not leave office on March 1st, 2023.
Dingyadi laid to rest the lingering speculation that IGP who would be 60 years old on March 1, would retire from the service.
The Minister who was responding to inquiries from state house correspondents on Wednesday said that the IGP was appointed for a four-year tenure.
The Minister also also that the President has given him a letter to that effect which fore closes the speculations that the IGP would retire during the period of the election,
“I don’t know where you got your record but by the provision of Police Act 2020, the IGP is now supposed to have a tenure of 4-year period and Mr. President has given him letter of appointment in that regard.
“So the issue of the IG going out during this election period does not arise.”
Usman Baba was appointed Acting IGP by President Muhammadu Buhari appointed on April 6, 2021 while the Police council had confirmed him as the substantive Inspector General of Police on June 2021.
Lately there has been speculations about what was considered the impending retirement of the IGP three Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIGs), many Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs), Commissioners of Police (CPs) and 290 other policemen in the first quarter of 2023 especially during the elections.