PCRC urges President Buhari to extend police IG's tenure
- President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged by the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) to extend the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris's tenure
- The deputy national chairman (North) of PCRC, Alhaji Sanusi Ajiya, said that Idris had recorded unprecedented achievements in the area of security
- Idris would attain the mandatory retirement age of 60 after 35 years in service on January 15
The Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to extend the Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Ibrahim Idris`s tenure of office.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Idris would attain the mandatory retirement age of 60 on January 15.
The deputy national chairman (North) of PCRC, Alhaji Sanusi Ajiya, made the call on Monday, January 14, in Abuja after a peaceful march to the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation in Abuja.
He was represented by Prof. Nick Eze, national vice chairman of PCRC.
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He said that Idris had recorded unprecedented achievements in the area of security, adding that tenure extension of any official was the prerogative of the president.
“We appeal to President Buhari in the interest of Nigerians to extend his tenure of office, we need him at this critical time in the country,“ he said.
Ajiya said that those campaigning for the removal of the I-G were enemies of progress, adding that extension would allow him to do more for the country.
He said that under the leadership of Idris, kidnapping, armed robbery, cattle rustling among other crimes have been checked.
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He said that it was on record that this extension was not the first time as other police chiefs have enjoyed the same benefits.
In a previous report by Legit.ng, President Muhammadu Buhari and the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, held a closed-door meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday, January 14, making the second time in 2019.
The meeting between the duo started around 4.30 pm just after the president returned from a function at the Nicon Luxury Hotel, Abuja.
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