POLICE SERVICE COMMISSION DENIES SUPPORTING IGP’S TENURE ELONGATION

The Police Service Commission, has denied the online publication that it endorsed the tenure elongation of the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba. According to the online publication, a commissioner representing Police in the Commission Lawal Bawa, said the Commission is not against the extension of the tenure of the Police boss.

However, a statement released today by the spokesman of the Commission, Ikechukwu Ani, reiterated that the Commission  did not endorse any tenure elongation, adding that it was never contacted on the matter.

Ani maintained that the Police Service Commission, will always commit itself to the letters and spirit of the laws of the land and will not support or encourage any attempt to subvert the laws. The Commission then appealed to the media to avoid unnecessary sensationalism in an attempt to attract huge audience.