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The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has bowed out of office after spending only a year and a few months in office. By late afternoon of February 2nd, 2021, Adamu had already, began moving out his official belongings to make way for the incoming IGP.
Recall that The Street Journal had reported yesterday that his tenure and that of other senior serving officers of the Nigerian Police Force including a former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Chief, Ibrahim Lamorde, ended on February 1st after spending the mandatory 35 years in service.
The Louis Edet police headquarters house is currently enveloped in anxiety as many await the announcement of the new IGP by president Muhammadu Buhari.
IGP succession bid: What the Police Act says
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Fri Jan 29 2021
The planning for a successor to the top office in the Nigeria police is heading for a major test this February as the current Inspector General, Mohammed Adamu retires on attainment of the of 60/35 years of service stipulated by the civil service rules.
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is the principal law enforcement and lead security agency in Nigeria with a staff strength of about 371,800 and a current plan to update to 650,000 by recruiting 280,000 new hands.
Constituting instruments for the Force are: Section 214 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic (as amended) and the Nigeria Police Act 2020.
IGP SUCCESSION BID: Between legitimacy and trivialities
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By Sulaiman A. Abba
Succession planning is a process for identifying and developing new leaders, who can replace old ones when they leave, retire or die.
This planning increases the availability of experienced and capable hands that are prepared to assume these roles as they become available. Taken narrowly, “replacement planning” for key roles is the heart of succession planning.
In the military, police and other armed security services as well as in every government institution, succession planning aims for continuity of leadership, preventing a chaotic power struggle by preventing a power vacuum.