{"id":42312,"date":"2021-06-04T14:05:33","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T13:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=42312"},"modified":"2021-06-04T14:05:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T13:05:33","slug":"police-council-confirms-alkali-baba-as-igp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/04\/police-council-confirms-alkali-baba-as-igp\/","title":{"rendered":"Police council confirms Alkali Baba as IGP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The appointment of Alkali Baba as the inspector-general of police has been confirmed by the police council.<\/p>\n<p>This confirmation was made by the council members on Friday during the council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n<p>Maigari Dingyadi, minister of police affairs, said the council unanimously confirmed the appointment of Baba.<\/p>\n<p>The council meeting was attended by Vice-President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/29\/visas-might-be-needed-to-travel-to-kano-if-nigeria-splits-says-yemi-osinbajo\/\">Yemi Osinbajo<\/a>, Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti state, and Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation.<\/p>\n<p>Others at the meeting were Ibrahim Gambari, chief of staff to the president; Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior, Muhammed Bello, minister of FCT, and Musiliu Smith, chairman of the Police Service Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that on April 6, Baba was\u00a0appointed by Buhari as the acting inspector-general of police to replace Mohammad Adamu.<\/p>\n<p>Section 7 (3) of the Nigeria Police Act 2020 provides that the inspector-general of police shall be appointed by the president based on the advice of the police council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The appointment of Alkali Baba as the inspector-general of police has been confirmed by the police council. 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