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| IGP Solomon Arase |
The Police Council presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan
yesterday confirmed the appointment of Solomon Arase as the substantive
inspector general of police (IGP).
Arase who was appointed acting IGP in April following the
controversial sacking of his predecessor, Suleiman Abba, will go into
the country’s history as the IGP whose period of service in acting
capacity was the shortest.
Meanwhile, chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC) and former
IGP, Mr Mike Okiro, has declared that the former IGP, Mr Suleiman Abba,
was sacked by President Jonathan because of the indiscipline that
infiltrated the rank and file of the police force under his watch.
Arase had hinted journalists about his confirmation after the meeting
of the Police Council at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, immediately
after the Council of State meeting.
IGP Arase gave the assurance that no Nigerian would suffer any form
of injustice in the country as a result of his actions or inactions as
police boss.
Noting that his ban on road blocks across the country would be
implemented to the letter, he said 16 teams had been deployed to several
parts of the country in that regard. He also stated that the welfare of
officers and men was top on his priority list.
“To my men, I will tell them that their welfare will be number one on
my cardinal responsibilities. You don’t motivate a workforce except
their welfare is paramount. I’m going to ensure that their welfare is
going to be put on the front burner,” he said.
He further disclosed that the Police Council at its meeting discussed
the security challenges in the country and the strategic response in
addressing them.
On the cause of former IGP Suleiman’s removal, PSC chairman and
former IGP, Mr Okiro, said: “At the meeting there he (Jonathan) tried to
explain to members, based on the question raised by one of the
governors that Nigerians may want to know why the former IGP was
removed.
“The president, in very brief way, said during the period of the
former IGP, a lot of indiscipline was noticed among the rank and file of
the police and, as such, he felt that a new IG should come and try his
luck. That is what he said, though I cannot give details of that.”
Source:
Leadership Newspaper
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