TRANSMISSION SPEECH: GROUP OUTLINES QUALIFICATIONS OF IGP, IDRIS

LAGOS, Nigeria – The United Young Professionals has berated the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) for querying IGP Ibrahim Idris’ certificate.In a reaction to an online publication with headline; “Transmission Speech: Rights group queries IGP Ibrahim Idris’ certificate”, the National Coordinator of United Young Professionals, Adewole Kehinde has said he is not surprised that such press statement from the CHRSJ are known for mischievous allegations that can’t be substantiated.

 

“For the ignorance of the entire leadership of CHRSJ, the amiable IGP Ibrahim Kpotun Idris was born in Bida, Niger State on 15th January 1959. He attended St. Paul Primary School Sokoto and Government Secondary School Farfaru Sokoto. He bagged two University Degrees: Bachelor of Science Degree in Agricultural Economics from the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna State and an LLB (Honours) in Law from University of Maiduguri, Borno State

 

“He was enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force as ASP Cadet in 1984, where he served subsequently as Divisional Crime Officer and Traffic Officer in Gusau Division in the present Zamfara State from January, 1986 to March, 1987; Police Mobile Force in April 1987. He later served in the Police Mobile Force (PMF) for Seventeen years, from April 1987 to 31st January 2004.

 

“IGP Ibrahim K. Idris led a contingent of Nigerian Police Officers to United Nation Mission in Liberia on 1st February 2004 and was later seconded by the Nigerian Government to the United Nations in March 2005, where he served as Mission Police Operation Coordinator from February 2004 to October 2008, and was later deployed from there as the Deputy Police Commissioner in-charge of Operations in United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor Leste (UNMIT), from October 2008 to March 2011.

 

“He was the Director, International Peace Keeping Office at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters from 11th April 2011 to 6th July 2011, and served as Commissioner of Police Kano State Command from 7th July 2011 to 16th February 2013. After his course in NIPSS, IGP Ibrahim Idris was posted to Nasarawa State as the Commissioner of Police from February 2014 to September 2014. From there he was posted to Nigeria Police Force Headquarters as the Commissioner of Police, Police Mobile Force in September 2014.

 

Adewole further said that CHRSJ sponsored press statement totally goofed by saying that saying “Nothing must happen to Mr. Aminu Nurudeen”. We are bold to say that The Kano State Correspondent of Liberty Television, Mr. Aminu Nurudeen has debunked the PUNCH Newspaper publication and even request that PUNCH Newspaper retract the news or Face legal actions for defaming his hard earned image.

“It is high time the National Assembly really looked into the Law establishing Non-Governmental Organizations/Civil Society Organizations as they are becoming nuisance and security risk to Democracy and freedom of association, Adewole concluded.