The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has confirmed extension tenure of the Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun, as being speculated, but merely applied the law governing the tenure of number one policeman properly.
Penpushing reports that this affirmation was contained in a statement by the Force spokesperson Olumuyiwa Adejobi, explaining that what the president approved for the Inspector General of Police was not an extension of tenure, but rather the proper application of the law governing the tenure of the office of the police boss.
The statement added that shortly after Egbetokun’s appointment was confirmed by the Police Council, President Tinubu, in November last year approved a four-year tenure for the Inspector General of Police in accordance with the provisions of Section 215(a) and Section 28(c) of the Third Schedule of the Constitution.
“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, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D, NPM, and wishes to categorically state that what His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, 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’, Adejobi wrote
“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),” he said.
Penpushing further reports that Adejobi added that the Inspector General of Police 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 clearly 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 stated.
Penpushing also reports that it is recalled that there were speculations that the President had extended Egbetokun’s tenure few days before he clocked the retirement age of 60, while record has it that he was appointed in July 2023.
Meanwhile, as at the time of the speculations the presidency and the police did not respond to either confirm or deny, as the record has it that Egbetokun was born on September 4,1964 and expected to leave office upon attaining the retirement age.
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