…says Nigeria presently does not have IGP

Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has said that the extension of the tenure of Inspector General of Police, Muhammad Adamu by President Muhammadu Buhari is an unlawful act

Speaking with Vanguard, Adegboruwa said that the implication of Buhari’s action is that Nigeria presently does not have Inspector General of Police.

“The Federal Republic of Nigeria presently has no IGP properly so recognized by law,” he said.

Stating the position of the law on the issue, he stated, “When the tenure of a serving IGP expires on the ground of completing the mandatory 35 years of service, he cannot be asked to continue in office beyond his mandatory tenure. An IGP who has served the mandatory years of service ceases to be a member of the Nigeria Police Force from the date of his completion of service. In this case, Mr Adamu ceases to be a member of the NPF from February 2, 2021.

“Under and by virtue of section 215(1)(a) of the Constitution and section 7(3) of the Police Act, 2020, only a SERVING member of the Nigeria Police Force can be appointed as IGP. Mr Adamu having completed his mandatory years of service in February 2, 2021, he cannot be appointed as IGP, from outside the force.

“The President lacks the power to reabsorb a retired police officer back into the NPF through a purported tenure extension, which is not contemplated by law. The President cannot appoint an IGP or extend the tenure of a retired IGP without the advice of the Nigeria Police Council, which in this case has not met to consider, let alone approve such tenure extension.”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/02/breaking-buharis-extension-of-igps-tenure-unlawful-%e2%80%95-adegboruwa-san/

You sure say na Buhari dey there sef?
Because this government seems to be detached from those within the administration that can give informed advise.

Nepotism is the order of the day .Buhari is fast losing his credibility.

Rule of law gone to the abys.

Abdul05:

Abuduuuuu!

Is a lawless country

In Nigeria, it's lawful.




Clearly, it's because of the overwhelming power constituted on the chief executive.


We operate dictatorship in the guise of federalism.

Smelling mouth

When i think about this country and her activities, i can't help myself but laugh so hard.

Very funny country.

That is the problem with Hausa/Fulani, they see power as absolute without a limit. An ordinary Hausa man enjoys power mainly to feel overlord over the rest of the nation.

The exact situation in the country is a recipe for thought and a case study.

Abdul05:
Nepotism has taken the order of the day .Buhari is fast losing his credibility

Fast losing?

TV lawyers. Just like Falana. And it all ends with rabble rousing.

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One thing that these lawyers don't know is that the President can cite national security as an excuse to do whatever he wants. We are even lucky in Nigeria. Watching the last days of Donald Trump showed me that the powers of an American president makes him a full blown emperor in democracy apparel.

After Buhari the North would push for a national conference to settle frayed nerves.. in that conference, Buhari would be denied even by the fulanis on his decisions as president, where they would narrow it to his family and not fulani in general..

GamalNasser:

Fast losing?

fergie01 ran away too when he saw your comment Abuduu.

Impeach the bastard. We don't have a functional president.

Mumu SAN... That doesn't know law..



Our Darling president is loved by all

Abdul05:
Nepotism is the order of the day .Buhari is fast losing his credibility.

Is the igp related to buhari

Is there any rule of law in Nigeria? Lalasticlala

Ladies and gentlemen for those wondering... We have a failed country on our hands. To give the president a knock on the head just dey push me

this country is better without a president sef abeg

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Buhari is supposed to be in jail by now, that guy has broken the Nigerian Law than an average Nigerian Citizen, same way fulani herdsmen don't obey the law and don't go to jail is the same way Buhari does not obey the law and is yet to go to jail, so I'm not surprised, anything you are doing with fulani is force, if you don't force them to do something they won't do it, there is nothing diplomatic about them...

The damage that the President is willfully doing to the public service will take us decades to recover from. The new Police Act 2020, only allows a single term of four years without extension for the office of the IGP.

Buhari has just broken the law he signed with his own hands by extending IGP Adamu tenure.

In Nigeria, the makers of the law are the breakers of the law.

This is very bad and has set very bad precedence!

S

Lol

Reasonable Nigerians know that bubu is dead a longtime ago.



The country is on Autopilot, everybody na boss for him sector.



Yeye dey smell

The level of impunity under this administration is unprecedented. Adamu by law is no longer the IGP as Buhari constitutionally lacks the power to extend his tenure