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Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammad Dingyadi, on Thursday, said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), decided to extend the tenure of Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector-General of Police for three months “to allow for a robust and efficient process of appointing a new IGP.”
The minister disclosed this in an interview with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Recall that Adamu’s tenure ought to have expired on Monday when he attained 35 years in service.
Instead of naming a replacement so that the IGP could hand over, the President and the Presidency kept mum on the matter.
Former Plateau Interim Deputy Gov, Jethro Akun, Is Dead
Ex-interim Deputy Governor of Plateau State, Jethro Akun has died aged 76.
The BreakingTimes gathered that the elder statesman who just clocked 76 years died on Thursday morning after a brief illness.
Before his death, Akun was a key figure of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He previously served the state in various capacities which including as a two terms member of the Plateau State House of Assembly and also Commissioner, serving variously in Ministries of Information and Communication, Youths and Sports.
Akun with his boss spent six months in office before being evicted by the Supreme court which declared the interim administration illegal.