Abubakar confirmed AS IG OF THE NIGERIAN POLICE FORCE:

MD Abubakar, Police IG

The Police Service Commission, PSC, Thursday July 12, 2012, confirmed Mohammed Abubakar as the Inspector General of the Nigerian Police Force.

It will be recalled that Abubakar was appointed Acting Inspector General of Police on January, 2012 by President Goodluck Jonathan.In a statement issued then by Dr Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity,  the appointment  was the “first step toward  a comprehensive re-organisation and repositioning of the Nigeria Police Force to make it more effective and capable of meeting emerging internal security challenges.”