President Jonathan Sacks Inspector General Of Police, Suleiman Abba, Appoints Solomon Arase

President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked the Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba. Above is a tweet from Presidential spokesperson, Reuben Abati making the annoucement. Abba was made IG of Police barely a year ago in August 2014, after former IG of Police, M.D Abubakar  was retired. 

DIG Solomon Arase as been appointed as the Acting Inspector General of Police, and a press statement has been released to that effect. Find the statement at the flip...

                                                        DIG Solomon Arase
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has relieved the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba of his appointment and duties with immediate effect.
President Jonathan has also appointed Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase as Acting Inspector-General of Police, also with immediate effect.
Until his appointment as Mr. Abba’s replacement, Mr. Arase was the Head of the Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department.
Mr. Arase holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Law, as well as  Bachelors and MastersDegrees in Political Science and Strategic Studies. 
He is also a Fellow of the Nigerian Defence College. 



Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
April 21, 2015