President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his regret at not working longer with a former Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase.

This was revealed by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, in his weekly article.

Arase was appointed by former president, Goodluck Jonathan, in 2015 and worked under Buhari until 2016 when he retired.

He was the 18th IG of Police.

Adesina said Buhari, who has always had it in mind to reform the police, was impressed with Arase’s performance and wished he worked with him “to birth the police of his dreams”.


He added: “Talking of reform of the police, I know the mind of the President on that issue. Sometime in the early days of the first term of the administration, I had dropped into the house one night. And it was a few days to the exit of the then Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, who was going into retirement.


“The President told me how much he had been impressed with Arase and how he regretted that the man spent just about a year with him. He then told me of the police of his dreams.”


There has been unrest across Nigeria over police brutality which triggered the #EndSARS campaign.

Amid the protests, there were calls for the resignation of the current IG of Police, Mohammed Adamu.


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remembered after arase left. the sars came out with full forces. although they have been operating for long but during 2016 it became worst off.

arase happened to be the best IGP since 1999. he removed all the road block within the state road. even but inter and intra state.

the work for the airway police or soldiers is to check for anyone carry arms. not looking for any other ways of extortion.

President Buhari is Nigerian version of Arsene Wenger. always crying had I known. always regretting not to have done this and that earlier. I can bet my left sided buttock that this man Buhari did not listen to Arase for once because he is a Christian and a Southerner. he is now forming woke

#EndSARS

Why not fire this one then??

Story, he retired Solomon Arase from Edo state so that he can keep employing northern Muslims for the job. Why didn't he employ him as the minister for police affairs, Special assistant or even to work at the police service commission?

You were removing all Jona structure na

And not just that, he replaced him with a northerner. Almost all the security agencies and arms are headed by people from the north.

RenaissanceGuy:
And not just that, he replaced him with a northerner. Almost all the security agencies and arms are headed by people from the north.

more like all of them are in competent.