Nigeria- Wednesday 7, April 2021: Mohammed Adamu has handed over to Usman Alkali Baba as the Acting Inspector General of Police.

Adamu, the outgoing IGP, handed over to Baba on Wednesday at the Force Headquarters in Abuja.

Earlier, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo decorated Usman Baba as the Acting IGP.

Baba, a Deputy Inspector-General of Police, was on Tuesday appointed as acting IGP by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, made Baba’s appointment announcement when he addressed State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa.

He said that the appointment was with immediate effect.

The Acting IGP replaced Mohammed Adamu whose tenure ended on February, but had his tenure extended by Buhari for three months.

Details later…