Inspector General of police MD Abubakar goes on terminal leave

The Inspector of Police Mohammed
Abubakar has been asked to proceed on
compulsory leave by president Jonathan
allegedly because of the rising insecurity
in the country under his watch and
police under-performance under his
leadership.
The Secretary to the Government,
Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, issued a
letter signed by the president on
Monday May 12th asking the IG to hand
over to his immediate subordinate,
Suleiman Fakai, who is the Deputy
Inspector General of Police (DIG) in
charge of Finance and Administration.
MD Abubakar became Inspector
General of Police on January 25, 2012.
His tenure was supposed to expire in
July 2014, as he's due to retire July 30th
2014 based on mandatory retirement
age after serving in the Nigerian Police
Force for 35 years but had applied for
extention of his tenure, but was turned
down by the presidency.
Fakai will step in an acting capacity,
until a new Inspector General is
announced.
I liked Abubakar. I think he brought
some sanity to the force. .It was under
his leadership that police checkpoints on
highways through which they extorted
motorists and other road users were stopped.

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