President Muhammadu Buhari has picked a Deputy Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba as acting Inspector General of Police.
The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi who spoke to news men today, April 6, at the Presidential villa, said that the appointment is with immediate effect.
Buhari had on February 4, extended the tenure of Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) for three months. Adamu has spent two months and three days.
The newly appointed acting inspector general of police born on the 1st of March 1963 and hails from Yobe state, bags a Masters in public administration from the University of Maiduguri, Borno state in 1997 and a Bachelor of Arts from the Bayero Usman University, Kano in 1985.