Usman Alkali Baba has taken over as the Acting Inspector General of Police.
Mohammed Adamu, the outgoing IGP, handed
over to Baba on Tuesday at the Force Headquarters in Abuja.
Earlier, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo
decorated Usman Baba as the Acting IGP.
Baba, a Deputy Inspector-General of Police,
was on Tuesday appointed as acting IGP by President, Major General Muhammadu
Buhari (retd.).
Baba’s appointment was announced by the
Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, when he addressed State House
correspondents at the Presidential Villa.
He said that the appointment was with
immediate effect.
The Acting IGP replaced Mohammed Adamu whose tenure ended on February, but had his tenure extended by Buhari for three months.
