Just In: Tinubu Writes Reps To Amend Police Act, IGP Tenure

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday forwarded the Police Act Amendment Bill to the House of Representatives.

The bill seeks to amend the tenure of the Inspector General of Police (IGP).

Earlier in July, the police denied claims that IGP Kayode Egbetokun tried to lobby the National Assembly on a bill seeking to raise the retirement age of officers.

The President appointed Egbetokun as the IGP in June 2023 for four years. He was appointed alongside four new service chiefs.

According to Section 18(8) of the Police Act 2020, Egbetokun, who was born on September 4, 1964, is expected to retire in September 2024, when he will be 60 years old.

He would only have been in office for one year and three months by September, with two years and nine months remaining of his four-year appointment.

The controversy about the tenure of IGP didn’t start with the current police boss. That of Egbetokun’s predecessor, Usman Baba, was not in any way different. Baba clocked 60 years old in March 2023 and attained the mandatory 35 years of service but he remained in office till Tinubu appointed Egbetokun as his replacement three months after.