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Court Fixes Date For Judgment In Suit Challenging IGP’s Tenure Elongation
- A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed April 16 to deliver judgment in a suit requesting the removal of office of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu.
- The IGP told the Federal High Court that the new Nigeria Police Act offered him a four-year tenure, which would only terminate in either 2023 or 2024.
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed April 16 to deliver judgment in a suit requesting the removal of office of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu.
Adamu was appointed in 2019 and had clocked the mandatory 35 years in service on February 1.
However, President Muhammadu Buhari elongated IGP’s tenure for three months.
The extension was announced by the Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammad Dingyadi, saying the extension was necessary to give room for the proper selection of a successor.
The extension of the IGP’s tenure was followed by a suit filed by Maxwell Opara, a legal practitioner, who subsequently took the IGP to court, contending that by virtue of section 215 of the Nigerian constitution and section 7 of the Nigeria Police Act, 2020, Adamu cannot continue to function as the IGP, having retired as a serving member of the force.
However, in his defence, the IGP told the Federal High Court that the new Nigeria Police Act offered him a four-year tenure, which would only terminate in either 2023 or 2024.
Supporting Adamu’s position, President Buhari and Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the Federation, who are the second and third defendants in the matter told the court through their lawyer that the law permits the IGP to remain in office until either 2023 or 2024.
At the court session on Tuesday, the appellant counsel, Ugochukwu Ezekiel, told the court that hearing notice, as well as other court processes, have been served on the Nigerian Police Council (NPC), the fourth defendant in the suit.
All the legal counsel in the matter adopted their written addresses, and after listening to arguments canvassed by lawyers, Ahmed Mohammed, the presiding judge, fixed April 16 for the ruling.
(SaharaReporters)
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