President can extend tenure of retiring IGP – Court

The Federal High Court in Abuja ruled Friday that Nigeria’s president can extend the tenure of a retiringpending the completion of the process for the appointment of a substantive successor.

A federal judge, Ahmed Mohammed, gave the decision on a suit, filed in February by a lawyer, Maxwell Okpara, challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s extension of the tenure of the immediate-past IGP, Mohammed Adamu, by three months.

The Nation reports that the judge, in his Friday’s decision, noted that both the Nigerian constitution and the Police Act are silent on whether or not the president can extend the tenure of a retired IGP. But the court held that since the Nigerian president is empowered by the Nigerian constitution and the Police Act to appoint an IGP, he can by implication, extend the tenure of a retiring IGP before concluding the required consultation with the Police Council and other processes required for the appointment of a substantive replacement.

Another loss for twitter lawyers.

Tanko court?😎

Why should there be a necessity for this constitutional clause?

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