Former Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, was on Wednesday sworn in as new chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), along with five board members of the Code Of Conduct Bureau by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The President had earlier forwarded Arase’s name to the Senate for confirmation in line with sections 153 (1) and 154 (1) of the constitution as amended.
The short ceremony took place before the Executive Council meeting with the Council members observing a moment of silence in honour of retired Lt.-Gen. Oladipo Diya, who died on Sunday.
Diya served as Chief of General Staff and Vice Chairman of the Provisional Ruling Council under the Abacha regime.
Arase, 65, retired in 2016, and was the 18th indigenous Inspector-General of Police, after just one year as IGP, from April 2015 to June 2016. He became the shortest IGP in the police history as the IGP.
During his service, he worked in various capacities, including head of the Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Bureau, the foremost intelligence-gathering unit of the Nigerian police.
Others swore-in by Buhari are five board members of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB).
The members are Murtala Kankia from Katsina State (North-West); Zephaniah Bulus from Nasarawa State (North Central) and Farouk Umar from Yobe (North East).
Others are Taofik Abdulsalam from Ondo (South West) and Prof. Juwaria Badamasi from Kogi State (North Central).