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The police authorities added that the IGP did not need to lobby for any tenure extension “as his appointment letter explicitly grants him a four-year tenure from the date of his appointment.”
The Nigeria Police Force has claimed that President Bola Tinubu did not extend the tenure of Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun.
The police authorities added that the IGP did not need to lobby for any tenure extension “as his appointment letter explicitly grants him a four-year tenure from the date of his appointment.”
It would be recalled that the Senate had, on July 23, passed a bill that amended the Police Act 2020 introducing a new clause under Section 8, which contradicts the provision that mandates public servants to retire after 35 years of service or at 60 years of age.
The Senate had modified Section 18 of the Police Act 2020 by replacing subsection (8) with the following revised clause:
“(8) Notwithstanding any other provision, every police officer shall serve in the Nigeria Police Force for 40 years or until they reach the age of 65, whichever comes first.”
SaharaReporters had noted that top police chiefs had kicked against the extension of the Police chief tenure.
Egbetokun has also been accused of authorizing killing of #EndBadGovernance protesters, committing a serious human rights crime.
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Police Force spokesperson, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi in a statement on Friday, said the letter in circulation on social media was issued to the IGP shortly after his appointment was confirmed by the Police Council.
Adejobi said the president gave his approval to the law governing the tenure of the office as required contrary to misinformation being circulated on social media that the president has extended the tenure of Egbetokun as IGP.
He added that the IGP’s appointment is for four years.
“The attention of the Nigeria Police Force has been drawn to various misleading reports and misinterpretations concerning the tenure of the Inspector General of Police, and wishes to categorically state that what President Bola Tinubu approved for the IGP is not an extension of tenure, but rather the proper application of the law governing the tenure of the office of the IGP,” the statement read.
“Contrary to the misinformation being circulated on social media and in the news, an appointment letter in circulation was issued to the IGP shortly after his appointment was confirmed by the Police Council.
“This letter, dated 3rd November 2023, clearly stated that the President had approved a four-year tenure for the IGP in accordance with the provisions of Section 215(a) and Section 28(c) of the Third Schedule of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).”
According to Adejobi, the IGP does not need to lobby for any tenure extension as he has yet to use the years stated in his. appointment letter.
“It is important to emphasize that the IGP does not need to lobby for any tenure extension as his appointment letter explicitly grants him a four-year tenure from the date of his appointment. The ongoing circulation of false information is the handiwork of pessimists and mischief makers who are determined to spread baseless narratives against the office and the personality of the IGP for obvious reasons and pecuniary gains,” he added.
SaharaReporters had reported that despite condemnations and concerns by Nigerians, President Tinubu approved the extension of the tenure of the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun.
Quoting credible sources at the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, the IGP’s tenure was extended by three years.
Egbetokun who is expected to benefit from the extension clocked 60 on September 4.
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