President Buhari Extends IGP Adamu’s Tenure
Dingyadi said the extension was necessary to allow for proper selection of a successor to replace the Nigerian IGP, Mohammed Adamu.
Joy Kalu 
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu by three months.
The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi disclosed this on Thursday while briefing State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, according to The Punch.
He said that the decision of the President to extend the IGP’s tenure for another three months was to give time for proper selection of the new helmsman.
Buhari was expected to have named a new Inspector-General of Police in place of Adamu after the expiration of his tenure, but the president had been silent on the issue.
Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu had said on Monday that he was not aware of the imminent announcement of a new police chief.
Shehu said the president was currently away to Daura and that no one knew what the next move would be.
Shehu had said: “The President returns to Abuja on Tuesday. He should be on his desk by Wednesday. I don’t know when he will do this. One thing I can assure you is that in places sensitive like that, there is no vacuum that will subsist, so therefore the system will take care of itself.''
