Nigeria’s Police boss,Solomon Arase has been confirmed as a substantive Inspector General of Police (IGP).
“I have just been confirmed”, Arase told State House Correspondents after a meeting of the Police Council at the Presidential Villa.
Arase who was appointed as acting IGP following the sack of Suleiman Abba said “We talked about the security challenges we are having and our strategic responses to addressing those challenges. I can assure Nigerians that we are going to address these issues.”
“I don’t think it is the worst security situation we are facing. There is no society that is actually crime-free but we are trying to ensure that it is within tolerable level. It is not as bad as the public perception” he said.
Arase said further ,”To my men, I will tell them that their welfare will number one on my cardinal responsibilities. You don’t motivate a workforce except their welfare is paramount. I’m going to ensure that their welfare is going to be put on the front burner.
“To Nigerians, I know that their expectations are high but I can assure them that no Nigerian will suffer any injustice by my inaction or action. ”
“We already have an enforcement policy in place. Sixteen teams have moved out across the length and breadth of this country to ensure there is strict compliance to that order.”
Mike Okiro, chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC) who once served as IGP said while addressing State House correspondents that indiscipline among the rank and file of the force, was the main reason behind the sack of Abba as IGP.
According to Okiro,”The President, in very brief way said, during the period of the former IGP, a lot of indiscipline was noticed among the rank and file of the Police and as such he felt that a new IG should come and try his luck. That is what he said, though I cannot give details of that.”
