PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has recalled the Inspector- General of Police, Hafiz Ringim, who has been visiting the United States (U.S.), to contend with the alarming insecurity at home.

Confirming the recall, Nigeria’s Ambassador to the U.S., Prof. Ade Adefuye said Ringim’s planned public lectures and meetings in the U.S. had all been cancelled as he was billed to leave for Nigeria later yesterday.

Also, the Nigerian Army is set to respond to the security challenge posed by the violence that has been unleashed on the nation by the Boko Haram group and others.

The response is anchored on a plan to set up some specialised units as part of efforts to contain growing violent activities like those of the Boko Haram.

Adefuye did not disclose the cause of the IG’s recall home, but official sources say the President may hold an urgent meeting today or tomorrow with all his service chiefs on the state of security in the country.

That meeting may be followed by another one where the service chiefs may be meeting with the Senate, which has also asked the top security chiefs to explain the state of security in the nation. But the Senate has not fixed a time for its meting with the chiefs.

There has been concerns about the timing of Ringim’s visit since his arrival in the U.S. on Sunday night considering the persistence of the Boko Haram attacks in parts of the country, especially after the June 16 bombing of the police head office in Abuja. While away, world bodies including the European Union have been calling for an effective response from the Federal Government against the bombings and the perpetrators to avoid a state of impunity.

Although previous media reports had said the Inspector-General’s visit to the U.S. capital was for talks with U.S. officials on the security situation in Nigeria, sources said the President believed that the IG’s attention was more needed at home


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It begs the question what on earth was ringim doing giving speeches in the USA when his country is burning. Abi na hide the man dey hide

I thought it was a joke that the man is really out of the country in the middle of this tumult.

In a saner country, he would have moved his operational base to Maiduguri to show he meant business instead uncle hafiz ran off to usa to ''hold talks'' with the fbi?

This is simpily unbelievable. What is the intelligence or thinking behind this visit to the US at a critical time like this.