The Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has congratulated Solomon Arase, the former Inspector General of Police (IGP), on his appointment as the new Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC).
The President swore in Arase on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa’s council chamber in Abuja, two months after the Senate confirmed him as chairperson of the PSC.
Obi stated in a series of tweets via his Twitter handle that Arase will add value to his new position, adding that the former police chief follows a string of credible Commission leaders.
The former Governor of Anambra State expressed optimism that he will perform creditably in his new assignment.
He wrote: “I congratulate former IGP Solomon Arase, on his swearing-in as the Chairman of the Police Service Commission by HE President@MBuhari.
“As an experienced policeman and law enforcement officer, who served in various commands and formations of the Nigerian Police Force before rising to the apex position of Inspector-General of Police, he brings added value to his new position. He follows a succession of credible leaders of the Commission.
“I am certain he will perform creditably in his new assignment. -PO” I congratulate former IGP Solomon Arase, on his swearing in as the Chairman of the Police Service Commission by HE President @MBuhari . As an experienced policeman and law enforcement officer.
— Peter Obi (@PeterObi) March 29, 2023
Recall that Arase retired in 2016 as the 18th indigenous Inspector-General of Police (IGP) between April 2015 and June 2016.
He served in various capacities including as head of the Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Bureau, the foremost intelligence-gathering unit of the Nigerian police.
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