If confirmed by the Senate, Mr Arase will succeed Musiliu Smith, another former IGP who resigned under controversial circumstances last year.
has appointed Solomon Arase, a former Inspector-General of Police, as the Chairman of the Police Service Commission .
In the letter read out by the Senate President Ahmad Lawan, the president said the appointment and request for Senate confirmation is in accordance with Sections 153 and 154 of the 1999 Constitution as amended. Following the latter’s resignation, a retired judge, Clara Ogunbiyi, assumed the office in acting capacity.Before his appointment as IGP, Mr Arase was head of the topmost intelligence gathering unit of the Nigerian Police, the Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Bureau.
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