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By Nasir Kura
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mr. Ibrahim Kpotu Idris would on Tuesday, January 15, 2019 officially retire from the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) after attaining the mandatory retirement age of 35 years in service.
The outgoing IGP would be replaced by an Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Mohammed Abubakar Adamu from Nasarawa state, current working at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Kuru, Jos, Plateau state.
AIG Adamu was born on November 9, 1961. He enlisted in the police in 1986 with a bachelors degree in geography.
He was at various times the director of peacekeeping operations, Commissioner of Police in Enugu and AIG in charge of Zone 5, among others.
The outgoing IGP on Monday met behind close-doors with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
IGP Idris was appointed by the President on March 21, 2016 to replace Solomon Arase, who retired from the police force.
The outgoing IGP enlisted into the Nigerian Police Force in 1984, after graduating from the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria with a bachelor’s degree in agriculture.
