Buhari seeks replacement for IGP Arase

Buhari seeks replacement for IGP Arase
 

President Buhari is reportedly seeking replacement for the acting IGP Arase

His tenure will end in a week, when Arase will turn 60, the mandatory age for retirement from the service

 The police officers, who want to replace IGP, are pressuring on powerfull sources in and outside the government

President Muhammadu Buhari is seeking the replacement of the Inspector General of Police Solomon Arase less than a week to the end of his tenure. The acting IGP will be 60 years old on June 21, Tuesday, the obligatory age of retirement from service. Today reports that highly placed sources said President Buhari is under pressure from about three different interests, who are pushing forward their choices.

Though two of the forces are rooting for two assistant inspectors general of police preferred by them, which is said to be the most powerful, is proposing the candidacy of a serving commissioner of police from the North, who is holding a command position in a strategic state. Those, who are seeking to replace Arase, now spend more time in Abuja pressuring on some powerful forces in and outside the government.

According to the source, Buhari seeks a very competent successor to Arase who, many consider, would have achieved a lot, at the end of his tenure. He said: “It is true that there are about three interests making separate cases for their preferred choices, who have showed good operational capabilities to lead the NPF. “Out of the groups, one is pushing for the appointment of a very competent CP, while the other two are making cases for two AIGs. “But, I think the president knows what he wants, and as an upright, disciplined and firm man, he will get the best.” One of the DIGs was reportedly being considered.

Arase, who is the 18th indigenous IGP from the Edo state, was born on June 21, 1956. He got recruited into the Nigeria Police in December 1981, after receiving a degree in political science from the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Kaduna state, in 1980. Until his appointment as IGP, he was the deputy inspector general of police in charge of the Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigative Department.