President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday morning swore in the new chairman of the Police Service Commission, former Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase (rtd).
Arase took the oath of office inside the council chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, before President Buhari, Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, SGF Boss Mustapha, Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari and other Federal Executive Council members.
His swearing-in comes two months after the Senate confirmed him as chairman of the PSC.
Buhari had on January 24, 2023, forwarded Arase’s name to the Senate, asking it to confirm him in line with sections 153 (1) and 154 (1) of the constitution as amended.
Arase, 65, who retired in 2016, was the 18th indigenous Inspector-General of Police (between April 2015 and June 2016) and has served in various capacities including as Head of the Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Bureau, the foremost intelligence-gathering unit of the Nigerian police.
President Buhari also swore in five board members of the Code of Conduct Bureau.
They include Murtala Kankia from Katsina State (North-West); Zephaniah Bulus from Nasarawa State (North Central) and Farouk Umar from Yobe State (North East), Taofeek Abdulsalam from Ondo State (South West) and Prof. Juwaria Badamasi from Kogi State (North Central).
Council members also observed a moment of silence in honour of Lt. Gen. Oladipo Diya who died on Sunday, March 26, 2023.
Diya served as Chief of General Staff and Vice Chairman of the Provisional Ruling Council under the Abacha regime.
