The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, is expected to retire from the Nigeria Police Force on September 4, 2024.
PUNCH METRO reported that Egbetokun was appointed by President Bola Tinubu on Monday night.
The civil service rule stipulates that civil servants are mandated to retire following the attainment of age 60 or having spent 35 years in service, depending on whichever comes first.
Tinubu will be following in the footsteps of former President Muhammadu Buhari if he is approved as the IG. Buhari chose a police officer whose retirement date was before his time in office.
The Police Act, 2020, says that an IG can only be in charge for four years. However, Buhari appointed the previous IG, Usman Baba, on April 6, 2021, even though Baba was supposed to retire from the police on March 1, 2023, when he turned 60.
