The Secretary to the Government, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim,
issued a letter signed by the president on Monday May 12th asking the
IG to hand over to his immediate subordinate, Suleiman Fakai, who is
the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) in charge of Finance and
Administration.
MD Abubakar became Inspector General of Police on
January 25, 2012. His tenure was supposed to expire in July 2014, as
he's due to retire July 30th 2014 based on mandatory retirement age
after serving in the Nigerian Police Force for 35 years but had applied
for extention of his tenure, but was turned down by the presidency.
Fakai will step in an acting capacity, until a new Inspector General is announced.
I liked Abubakar. I think he brought some sanity to the force. .It was under his leadership that police checkpoints on highways
through which they extorted motorists and other road users were stopped.
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