‘He knows his Job’ — Buhari speaks on choice of new IGP

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed confidence in the new acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba as he noted that the new IGP has the necessary experience to tackle the insecurity issues of the country head on.

The president stated this while answering questions from journalists upon his arrival from the United Kingdom on Thursday.

He said he was given a list of candidates out of whom he chose Baba.

“Well, we went through the system. There was a committee by the minister of police affairs. They gave me some names and he happened to be the one chosen,” he said.

“He knows his job. He has been in it for a long time. He went through all the training. He has the necessary experience. So, we have high expectations of him.”