President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed the retiring Assistant
Inspector General of Police, Garba Baba Umar as a Senior Security
Adviser on International Police Cooperation and Counter-terrorism in the
office of the Minister of Police Affairs.
The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu,
in a statement today, said the appointment was to enable Nigeria keep the
important position and make way for him to complete his nationally
beneficial tenure as an Executive Member of the International Police
Organization, INTERPOL.
Shehu said AIG Umar’s tenure at the INTERPOL would end in November
2024, and his new appointment as Senior Security Adviser will take effect
from 16th of May, 2023.