Igbo IGP; The Presidency says the appointment of service chiefs is not by ethnicity

The Presidency says the appointment of service chiefs is not by ethnicity but by their ability to secure lives and property in the country.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, who stated this on Monday, was reacting to calls by interest groups in the country for an Inspector General of Police of South-Eastern extraction.

The calls heighten as the present IGP, Abubakar Adamu, is expected to leave the office on Monday, having reached the mandatory retirement age.

There were also similar demands last week when the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), appointed four new service chiefs –Major-General Leo Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff (Delta State); Major-General Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff (Kaduna State); Rear Admiral A.Z Gambo, Chief of Naval Staff (Kano State); and Air-Vice Marshal I.O Amao, Chief of Air Staff (Osun State).

But Shehu said the President was fair in his recent appointment of service chiefs by making two appointments each from the South and the North.