What
appeared to be rumours among security watchers and personnel finally came to
pass when the presidency finally asked the current Inspector General of Police
(IG), Mohammed Abubakar, to proceed on compulsory leave due to the rising
insecurity in the country under his watch.
In
a letter issued early this week from the presidency through the Secretary to
the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, Abubakar was
directed to proceed on leave on Monday and to hand over to his immediate
subordinate, Suleiman Fakai, who is the Deputy Inspector General of
Police (DIG) in charge of Finance and Administration.
It
was reliably gathered that the letter, which was signed by President Goodluck
Jonathan, was first taken to the office of the Chairman, Police Service
Commission (PSC), Mr. Mike Okiro, who was said to have refused to forward the
letter to the IG.
The
source stated further that when it was obvious that Okiro was not going to
deliver the letter, the presidency decided to send it through the SGF’s office.
Abubakar
had earlier applied for an extension of his tenure, which is supposed to expire
in July this year, but was turned down by the presidency on account of the underperformance
of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) under his leadership.
Fakai,
who will step in an acting capacity, was born on November 1, 1959, in Fakai
Local Government Area of Kebbi State and was enlisted into the Nigerian Police
Force on January 1, 1984, as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP)
after obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in Geography from the Bayero
University, Kano.
Fakai,
who is due to retire on January 1, 2019, has served in different police
formations, including as Commissioner of Police in Katsina, Osun, Enugu States
and the Police Academy, Kano.
He also served as Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 5, Benin, Force Secretary, Zone 2, Lagos, Zone 3, Yola, before he was promoted to the rank of DIG on March 2, 2012.
He is married to Hajia Bilikisu and they are blessed with six children.
He also served as Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 5, Benin, Force Secretary, Zone 2, Lagos, Zone 3, Yola, before he was promoted to the rank of DIG on March 2, 2012.
He is married to Hajia Bilikisu and they are blessed with six children.
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Nigerian journalists, u guys lack indepth. Everything abt Nigeria is shoddy. Who told dis reporter that d IG was asked to proceed on compulsory leave due 2 lack of insecurity in d country under his watch? D IG has spent 35yrs in service as speculated in d constitution for every public servant and not becos of insecurity. He joined d Nig Police in 1979. Due 2 ur lack of indepth, d foreign media are taking d shine off u even in situations within ur domain. U do copy and paste from BBC, AFP and oda international news agencies even in matters within our very reach. During d under 17 fifa world cup our journalists were just lifting every news from fifa.com. See d way Isha Sesay of CNN and Yvonne Ndege of Aljazeera are just rubbishing us and our officials over chibok girls becos we have journalist who report from rumours. At times our reporters sources are cooks and gatemen who cannot have a first hand information. U need 2 change ur reporting standard or u leave d hard news and go for soft news where u can be reporting who is sleeping wit who in d entertainment industry as such news are based on rumours.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on this. The journalists in Nigeria don't do research about topics of National interest before reporting. If you destroy Nigeria in the name of journalism, where would you be to enjoy your "corruption stained money? "
DeleteI equally agree. Nigerian news lack substance these days and our so called journalists are to be blamed.
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