Police council urges Alkali Baba to tackle rising insecurity
The Police Council has confirmed Usman Alkali Baba as the substantive Inspector General of Police.
Usman Alkali Baba was confirmed on Friday, during a meeting of the Police Council in Abuja presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.
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The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi confirmed this on Friday, June 4, 2021, while briefing state house correspondents at the end of the meeting.
Dingyadi was said to have quoted the president as urging the new IGP to justify the confidence reposed on him by reducing the rising wave of insecurity in the country.
This is coming after President Muhammadu Buhari on April 6 approved the appointment of Alkali Baba as the acting IGP.
