Mohammed Adamu nonetheless stays the Inspector-Basic of Police on the Nigeria Police Power web site, https://www.npf.gov.ng greater than 24 hours after he was sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari, SaharaReporters has gathered.
President Buhari had on Tuesday sacked Adamu and subsequently authorised the appointment of Alkali Usman Baba as the brand new performing IGP.
He was in Owerri, the Imo State capital, when the Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammed Dingyadi, made the announcement.
Adamu had visited the state following assaults on the Imo State Police Command headquarters and the Owerri Correctional Jail.
He had charged males of the state police command to not spare members of Indigenous Individuals of Biafra, including that there was no hiding place for criminals within the state.
Dingyadi had communicated the president’s alternative of Adamu with DIG Usman Alkali Baba, to State Home correspondents on the Presidential Villa on Tuesday.
The president stated Alkali ought to substitute Mohammed Adamu with fast impact.
Buhari had on February 4 prolonged the tenure of Adamu because the IGP for 3 months.
Adamu, who was appointed in 2019, had clocked the obligatory 35 years in service on February 1 and was anticipated to have been changed by the president.
His tenure extension had elicited widespread criticism and a resultant lawsuit.
A verify on the police web site at precisely 6pm on Wednesday confirmed that Adamu was nonetheless listed as probably the most senior police officer within the nation whereas Alkali was listed as Deputy Inspector-Basic of Police in command of Power Felony Intelligence and Investigation Division (FCIID).
Earlier within the day, Alkali resumed workplace after being adorned by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
Adamu, the outgoing IGP, handed over to him on the Power Headquarters in Abuja.
The Yobe State-born cop was born on March 1, 1963 and bagged a grasp’s diploma in public administration from the
College of Maiduguri, Borno state in 1997 and a Bachelor of Arts from the Bayero Usman College, Kano in 1985.
