As Abuja lawyer queries extension of police boss’ term
Police Service Commission (PSC) headquarters has denied it supports elongation of the tenure of Inspector General of Police (IGP) Alkali Baba. In a statement, PSC spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, notes: “The attention of the Commission has been drawn to an online publication where the Commission was said to have endorsed tenure elongation of the current IGP Usman Alkali Baba.
“The publication, in a supposed interview with AIG Lawal Bawa (rtd), Commissioner at the Police Service Commission (representing the Police), stated that Bawa confirmed that the Commission ‘is not against the extension of the tenure of the IGP’.
“It went further to quote the Commissioner (as saying), ‘if the IGP feels that it will affect effective monitoring of the elections, let him write to the President for their extension. We (PSC) have no objection.’ The Commissioner…
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