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There’ll be No Ethnic Considerations in the Appointment of New IGP – Buhari’s Spokesman

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President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, today, said there would be no ethnic considerations in the appointment of a new Inspector-General of Police.

Current IGP Mohammed Adamu is expected to formally leave office today as he attains the prescribed 35 years in service.

Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, Shehu also disclosed that there was no date set, yet, for the announcement of a new IGP.

Shehu sai a new IGP would be appointed based on his or her capacity to keep Nigerians safe rather than ethnicity.

“The President will rather have an Inspector-General of Police who will make you and I safer, protect life and property than one who is more pronounced by his tribal marks,” he said.

On when Nigerians should expect the announcement of a new police chief, Shehu said, “The President returns to Abuja on Tuesday. He should be on his desk by Wednesday. I don’t know when he will do this. One thing I can assure you is that in places sensitive like that, there is no vacuum that will subsist, so therefore the system will take care of itself.”

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