.PoliceNG: Court judgment sacking Baba as IGP is subject to appeal | TheCable
a federal high court in Anambra has ordered Baba to stop parading himself as IGP.
The judge argued that Baba should have stepped down as the IGP on March 1, 2023 after clocking the retirement age of 60.Reacting to the judgment, Muyiwa Adejobi, force spokesperson, in a statement on Monday, said the verdict is subject to appeal. “IGP Alkali was appointed in a letter-number SGF.20/S.6/83 dated 30th November 2021 for a 4-year tenure and his stay in office is within the purview of his appointment.
“The federal high court, in the judgment delivered by Justice J. K. Omotosho, held that going by the provision of Section 7 of the Police Act, 2020, anyone appointed as the IGP has a statutorily recognized four-year tenure.“It described the IGP’s four-year tenure as sacrosanct, stressing that his retirement as the IGP had nothing to do with age or years of service.”On March 1, 2023, the IGP clocked 60 years.
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