President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Garba Umar, an assistant inspector-general of police, as a senior security adviser on international police cooperation and counter-terrorism.
Umar is the vice-president of the International Criminal Police Organisation for Africa and also the head of the INTERPOL national central bureau in Nigeria.He is expected to retire from the Nigeria Police Force before the end of this month.
In a statement on Thursday, Garba Shehu, the presidential spokesperson, said Umar’s appointment will take effect on May 16. “In approving his appointment, President Buhari took note of a precedent in which a former executive member, AIG Kamal Subair was retained in service by the federal government of Nigeria after retirement in 2018,” the statement reads.
The appointment is to enable Umar to complete his tenure as the vice-president of INTERPOL for Africa. Umar, who was elected as a member of the executive committee of INTERPOL in 2021, will end his tenure in 2024.
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