Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Ibrahim Idris, on Friday, visited the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where he was reported to have met behind closed-doors with President Muhammadu Buhari.
Mr. Idris, who was reported to have clocked 35 years in service of the Nigeria Police Force on January 3, was spotted dressed in his official uniform moving straight towards the president’s office.
According to media reports, the IGP was expected to retire from service on attainment of the mandatory 35 years in service on Thursday.
According to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the tenure of the IGP might have been extended even though no official statement had been released to that effect.
An close aide to the IGP, who preferred not to be named, told NAN that the IGP’s visit to the villa might not be unconnected with the issue of his extension of service.
“We are hopeful that the tenure of our IGP has been extended by Mr President because you can see him today in his official uniform even though the media said he was to retire yesterday (Thursday).
IGP Idris, who was appointed by President Buhari on March 21, 2016, replaced Mr. Solomon Arase, who retired from the police force on 21st June 2016.
Idris, who will be clocking 60 years on January 15, 2019, enlisted into the Nigerian Police Force in 1984, after graduating from the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria with a bachelor’s degree in Agriculture.