President Muhammadu Buhari may have approved a six-month tenure extension for the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, Sources disclose to OBSERVERS TIMES.
The President was said to have agreed in principle to grant the IG additional six months as Senate is yet to confirm the acting Service Chiefs.
Officially, Adamu is due to retire from the Nigeria Police Force on February 1,2020, having put in the mandatory 35 years in service. But he was said to have lobbied some senior Presidency functionaries, who, in turn, got Buhari to extend the IG’s tenure.
A top source, who confirmed the development to OBSERVERS TIMES, explained that the IG might get the official confirmation of the tenure extension “any moment from now.”
Another security source said the extending the IG’s tenure is not unexpected. The other service chiefs had their tenure extended by a year. So, giving Adamu the same privilege is nothing out of the ordinary.”