30th July, 2014
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja
There are indications that President Goodluck Jonathan may announce a new Inspector General of Police later today following the expiration of the tenure of the incumbent, Mohammed Abubakar.
Abubakar who was appointed the 16th indigenous IGP in January 2012 to replace Abubakar Ringim will complete 35 years in service on Thursday and is expected to bow out of office, though there have been speculations that he is seeking for a special extension of his tenure.
Indications this morning however are that the President may not be disposed to granting such extension with reports that different stakeholders have already recommended the appointment of Assistant Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba as the new IGP.
P.M.NEWS gathered that barring last minute changes, Abba may therefore be announced as the new IGP by the Presidency.
Aba who is currently AIG Zone 7, it was learnt, emerged after five top officers were screened they included two DIGs and three AIGs.
The emergence of Aba for the position was also said to be against the initial preference of President Jonathan for a Deputy Inspector General of Police, DIG from the South-south for appointment as the new IGP.
Positions previously held by the AIG include Commissioner of Police in charge Rivers State, Deputy Force Sec, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Deputy Force Sec), Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of State CID, FCT Police Command.
As the AIG Zone 7, Abba who is also an alumnus of the Nigerian Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPPS, Kuru, has worked in Abuja for the past two years, a fact which also places him at vantage position to the power brokers in the Presidency.