Former IGP Solomon Arase is dead and details of how Arase died in Abuja hospital has emerged.
NewsOnline Nigeria reports that Former Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Solomon Arase, who also served as Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), has reportedly passed away at Cedarcrest Hospital, Abuja.
Details surrounding his death remain unclear, and neither his family nor the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has confirmed the report.
Arase was Nigeria’s 18th IGP, serving from April 2015 to June 2016 before retiring from active service. He was later appointed Chairman of the Police Service Commission in January 2023 by then-President Muhammadu Buhari, a position he held until June 2024, when he was removed by President Bola Tinubu.
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Born on June 21, 1956, in Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State, Arase studied Political Science at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, graduating in 1980. He joined the Nigeria Police Force on December 1, 1981, later earning a law degree from the University of Benin and a master’s degree from the University of Lagos.
Before becoming IGP, Arase headed the Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Bureau, the Force’s premier intelligence unit. He also served as Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom State and Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Intelligence.
The late police chief had an international stint, serving in Namibia under a United Nations peacekeeping mission, and was a Fellow of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA). He retired from the Force on June 21, 2016, upon reaching the mandatory retirement age.
