President Muhammadu Buhari has confirmed the Acting Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed as the new Inspector General of police. The confirmation was announced at the police council meeting presided over by the president.
Adamu Mohammed was appointed in the acting capacity on January 15th 2019 when he took over from former IGP, Ibrahim Idris.
IGP Idris, who was appointed by President Buhari on June 21, 2016, replaced Solomon Arase, who retired from the police force on the same day.
Speaking to State House correspondents after his confirmation, IGP Adamu Mohammed promised to re-organize the Police Force for efficiency and effectiveness in order to face squarely issues of banditry, kidnapping, insurgency and general insecurity across the country.
According to him, he had briefed the council on the security situation in the country and the efforts the force was making in addressing the situation, adding that he was ready to confront the situation headlong.
He said that after he made presentations on the strategies he had put in place to address the security challenges in the country to the council, he was confirmed as the IGP.
He said, “I was ushered in and I briefed the council on the security situation in the country and the efforts we are putting in place or have put in place to address the security challenges. After the presentation, I was confirmed as the IGP.”
IGP Adamu Mohammed said that his confirmation by the Police Council was a huge task to the entire force to put in more energy in helping to address the security situation in the country.
According to him, “What it means for us is that we have been given a huge task to make sure that we provide security within the country and make the country crime-free, which means that we have to re-double our efforts.
“Whatever strategy we have put in place, we have to look at it, and re-strategize day in, day out to make sure that the insecurity in the country goes down to the barest minimum.
“We have to look at our strategy and re-strategize and also look at our personnel to re-organize the way our system is structured, identify the right personnel in the right places to have them do the job. So, it requires re-strategizing for us to be able to dig deep into what is happening in the North West so as to deal with the situation squarely.
Adamu Mohammed noted that he was sure that the security agencies within the country were capable of dealing with the situation.
“What we need to do is just to re-strategize and then face the criminals squarely.”
The Nigeria Police Council is made up of 40 members namely, the President, the state governors, the IGP and the Chairman of the Police Service Commission.
The current Chairman of the Council, Musiliu Smith was also at the meeting with most of the Governors.
The IGP was joined in the briefing by the new Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the Governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade, and the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina.
Adesina said that all members in the council were unanimous that Adamu Mohammed in acting capacity performed creditably.