President Goodluck Jonathan is set to relieve the Inspector-General Hafiz Ringim and all the Deputy Inspectors-General of Police of their duties in the coming days.
An Assistant Inspector-General of Police from the North is likely to step into Ringim’s shoes. The President is said to have adopted the complete overhaul strategy to address the increasing insecurity in the country.
It was learnt that the President may have confided in Ringim on Tuesday his plan to ask him to proceed on retirement with his colleagues. The police chief is due for retirement in about two months.
Ringim was at the Presidential Villa yesterday, but he was not his usually boisterous self. He avoided reporters, pleading that he would brief them later.
According to a source: “The government has opted for a breath of fresh air in the police by asking the police management to step aside. A new IGP is due to take over from Ringim.
“The government is looking beyond the DIGs because they were part of Ringim’s team that did not achieve much in policing the country. They have all reached their limit.
“To avoid ethnic insinuations, the new IGP, who is a tested hand, has also been picked from the North. He has a mandate to address the Boko Harm menace.
“So far, the AIG has undergone security checks ahead of the formal disengagement of Ringim by the Presidency.”
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