Alhaji Abubakar Mohammed Adamu has been confirmed by the Police Council as the new Inspector General of Police (IGP) in Nigeria.
His confirmation was announced at the police council meeting Thursday which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Adamu was appointed the Acting IGP on January 15, succeeding the former IGP, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, who completed his required term in service.
President Buhari had asked Idris to hand over to Adamu following his retirement from service at the age of 60.
The new IGP hails from Lafia, Nasarawa State and holds a bachelor’s degree in Geography.
He enlisted into the police on February 1, 1986, as Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police.
The new Police boss attended several Senior Officer Courses on Law Enforcement, Crime Prevention, Control and Management within and outside Nigeria.
Governor of Sokoto State, Dr. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, middle, and his Enugu (left) and Delta states counterparts, during the Police Council meeting on Thursday 23 May 2019.
Before his appointment as the acting IGP, he was a Directing Staff at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Jos, Plateau State.
He had also served as Commissioner of Police in Ekiti and Enugu states, as well as Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 5 Police Command Headquarters, Benin, Edo State.
In attendance at the council meeting were the Chairman Police Service Commission and former Inspector General of Police Musliu Smith, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State, Governor Siriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, among others.
