Buhari confirms Solomon Arase, ex-IGP as PSC chair

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President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday morning, swore in the new chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), a former Inspector-General of Police, Dr. Solomon Arase (rtd).

Dr. Arase took his oath of office at 10:05 am at the council chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, in the presence of President Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SGF Boss Mustapha, Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari and other FEC members.

This comes two months after the senate confirmed him as chairperson of the PSC.

Arase, 65, who retired in 2016, was the 18th indigenous Inspector-General of Police (between April 2015 and June 2016) and has served in various capacities including as head of the Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Bureau, the foremost intelligence-gathering unit of the Nigerian police.

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