Nigerian lawyer Abdul Mahmoud has stated that the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, was no longer a police officer when his tenure was extended.
President Muhammadu Buhari through the Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi, extended the tenure of Mohammed Adamu for three months to “make a proper selection of a successor.”
Mahmoud revealed that as of February 2nd, Inspector Adamu was no longer a police officer as he has completed his 35 years of service.
Adamu was retired when his tenure was supposedly extended. Two things here: 1) You don’t extend what in law does not exist or had suffered the effluxion of time; 2) Adamu was no longer a police officer as at the early hours of 2nd February.
The Minister of Police Affairs also revealed in his press release that the President reserves the right to extend the tenure of a serving officer in the country.
