Babatunji Wusu –
The 23rd Commissioner of Police for Jigawa state is CP. Ahmad Tijjani Abdullahi.
According to a statement issued on Monday by DSP Lawan Shiisu Adam, the Public Relations Officer for the State Police, Abdullahi’s deployment follows the promotion of CP Effiom Emmanuel Ekot, the former Commissioner of Police, to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), and his subsequent transfer to the office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA).
CP Abdullahi was in charge of procurement at Force Headquarters in Abuja as the Deputy Commissioner of Police before to being appointed.
In the battle against crime and criminal activity both inside and beyond the state, the new Commissioner of Police has urged the collaboration and support of sister security agencies, traditional leaders, religious leaders, and other pertinent stakeholders.
According to what Naija News has learned, Abdullahi joined the Nigerian Police Force in 1988 and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Sociology from the University of Maiduguri.
Police Officers Are Required By IGP To Submit Retirement Letters – [See Affected Personnel]
According to Naija News, Inspector-General of Police Kayode Egbetokun has expressed disapproval of the “latest trend” in the Nigeria Police Force, wherein personnel who are scheduled to retire will not leave their positions.
According to information obtained by journalists, the superintendent of police has directed police formations and commands to obtain retirement letters from employees who are set to retire but are unwilling to leave their position.
SaharaReporters reported that the IGP office sent out a signal on Saturday stating that any action performed by police officers who turned 35 or 60 years old and refused to retire would be deemed worthless.
“In collaboration with other government bodies, and in accordance with the directive of the honorable chairman of the Police Service Commission, the IGP directs you to draw the attention of all members of the force to the emerging and disturbing trend in the Nigeria Police Force in which officers refuse to retire after 35 years of service or 60 years of age.”
“You are to extract a letter of voluntary retirement from such officers immediately as this is contrary to the provisions of the public service rule (PSR) 020810 I & II, which provides that the pensionable service period of 60 years or 35 years for all grades in the service is the mandatory retirement age. No officer shall be allowed to remain in service after attaining the pensionable service period of 60 years or 35 years, whichever is earlier. All actions taken by the said officers for the Nigeria police are null and void as a result of the expiration of the service duration,” the signal read.
The media outlet cited an IGP office source as saying, “The police authorities need to publish all officers that have violated their service retirement age.”
