CP. Ahmad Tijjani Abdullahi has been named the new Jigawa Commissioner of Police.
Newsonline Nigeria reports that CP. Ahmad Tijjani Abdullahi has been appointed the 23rd Commissioner of Police for Jigawa state.
In a statement released on Monday, the State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP. Lawan Shiisu Adam said the deployment of Abdullahi comes after the promotion of the former Commissioner of Police, CP Effiom Emmanuel Ekot, to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) and his subsequent transfer to the office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA).
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Before his appointment, CP Abdullahi served as the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Procurement at the Force Headquarters in Abuja.
The new Commissioner of Police has called for the cooperation and support of sister security agencies, traditional rulers, religious leaders, and other relevant stakeholders in the fight against crime and criminal activities both within and outside the state.
Newsonline Nigeria learnt that Abdullahi holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology from the University of Maiduguri and has been in the service of the Nigerian Police Force since 1988.
Meanwhile, the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has frowned at the ‘latest trend’ in the Nigeria Police Force where officers due for retirement will refuse to leave the service, Newsonline Nigeria learnt.
As per the information received by journalists, the police superintendent has instructed police formations and commands to procure retirement letters from personnel who are scheduled to retire but are unwilling to depart from their service.
According to SaharaReporters, a signal from the IGP office on Saturday stated that any action taken by policemen who have attained 60 years of age or 35 years in service and refused to quit would be considered null and void.
“Cooperation with other govt bodies x in compliance with the directive of the honourable chairman, Police Service Commission, the IGP directs you to draw the attention of all members of the force to the emerging and disturbing trend in the Nigeria Police Force wherein officers upon attainment of 35 years in service or 60 years of age refuse to proceed on retirement.
“This is contrary to the provisions of the public service rule (PSR) 020810 I & II, which provides that the mandatory retirement age for all grades in the service shall be 60 years or 35 years of pensionable service, no officer shall be allowed to remain in service after attaining the retirement of 60 years or 35 years of pensionable service whichever is earlier all actions taken by the said officers for the Nigeria police are null and void as a result of the expiration of service duration accordingly you are to extract a letter of voluntary retirement from such officers immediately,” the said signal noted.
“The police authorities need to publish all officers that have violated their service retirement age,” the media platform quoted a source in the IGP office to have noted.
