President Muhammadu Buhari ignored Six Deputy Inspectors General of Police and 10 Assistant Inspectors General of Police, to make Ibrahim Idris acting Inspector General.
Niger state born Idris was Kano state police boss a little over a year ago.
He was the in charge, when the APC candidate , Buhari, got 1.9 million votes without a single void vote during the last presidential election.
In a few months, he was promoted to the rank of AIG and deployed to the Force Headquarters as head of operations.
Idris was number 11 in hierarchy among the Assistant Inspectors General.
The six DIG’s are Dan-Azumi Job Doma, DIG in charge Finance and Administration (A) department, DIG Sotonye Wakama, DIG in charge Operations (B) department, DIG Ibrahim Mamman Tsafe, DIG in charge Logistics and Supplies (C) department.
Others are DIG Kakwa Christopher Katso, DIG in charge Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID), DIG Cynthia Amaju Onu, DIG in charge ICT, DIG Jubril Olawale Adeniji, DIG Research and Planning .
Also ten Assistant Inspectors General (AIGs) of Police under the former dispensation were senior of the new IGP.
They include former AIG zone 2 Lagos, Ibrahim Manko, AIG in charge Force Secretary, AIG Patrick Dokumor, AIG in charge Zone 7, Abuja, AIG Balla Nasarawa, AIG Tambari Mohammed, AIG Bala Hassan, AIG in charge Zone 2, Lagos, AIG Yahaya Ardo, AIG Musa Daura, AIG Baba Adisa Bolanta, AIG Usman Gwary and AIG Tunde Ogunsakin
Pointblanknews.com sources hinted that alll the DIG’s will be retired any time from now while the Federal Government works out which of the AIG’s moves to the next level.
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