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Breaking: Police Council Confirms Alkali Baba As Substantive IGP

Friday, June 04, 2021 at 3:37 PM by Wale Akinola

- Alkali Baba was on Friday, June 4, confirmed as the substantive Inspector-General of Police (IGP) the police council

- President Muhammadu Buhari had earlier presided over a meeting that comprised some key members of his cabinet and the IGP

- Maigari Dingyadi, the minister of police affairs, told the press at the end of the meeting that IGP Baba was confirmed by the council

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The police council has confirmed the appointment of Alkali Baba as the substantive Inspector General Of Police (IGP), Leadership reports.

Legit.ng reports that Baba was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in May in an acting capacity.

Breaking: Police council confirms Baba as substantive IGP — Usman Alkali Baba has now been confirmed as substantive Inspector-General of Police (IGP) by the police council. Credit: @PoliceNG
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The Punch also reports that decision was taken at the council’s meeting presided over by President Buhari on Friday, June 4, in Abuja.

The newspaper noted that the minister of police affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, confirmed the development to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting.

President Buhari holds police council meeting in Aso Rock

Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that President Buhari presided over the police council meeting in the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

It was reported that the top government officials in attendance included Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Kayode Fayemi, the chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Boss Mustapha.

The report also said that other attendees were the chief of staff to the president, Ibrahim Gambari; the minister of police affairs, Alhaji Maigari Dingyadi, the minister of interior affairs, Rauf Aregbesola, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Muhammed Bello, chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Musiliu Smith and Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba.

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