By Chesa Chesa
The Minister of Police of Affairs, Mohammed Dingyadi, has dismissed reports that the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Alkali Usman Daba, is expected to retire March 1st, 2023 in the middle of this year’s general elections.
The IGP will turn 60 years in March, having been born in 1963 is due for retirement, but the Minister says such is not in the offing.
Responding to a question from State House correspondents on Wednesday whether or not the IGP was retiring, Dingyadi said: “I don’t know where you got your record but by the provision of Police Act 2020, the IGP is now supposed to have a tenure of 4-year period and Mr. President has given him letter of appointment in that regard.
“So, the issue of the IG going out during this election period does not arise.”
President Muhammadu Buhari appointed the then DIG Baba as the acting Inspector General of Police in April 6, 2021, while the Police Council had confirmed him as the substantive Inspector General of Police on June 2021.
There has been a furore over the expected retirement of the IGP, three Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIGs), many Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs), Commissioners of Police (CPs) and 290 other policemen in the first quarter of this year.
