Group explains why Buhari should appoint Igbo as next IG of Police

      

Ahead of the end of the tenure of the present Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase next month, a group, the Association of United Igbo Gospel Ministers, AUIGM, has mounted pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint an Igbo man as the next police boss.
Addressing journalists at the weekend in Abuja, the AUIGM President, Air Vice Marshal Robert Konye Ekezie (rtd) argued that it has become more imperative to appoint an Igbo as the IG of Police given the perceived marginalisation of Ndigbo in the Buhari administration.
“The President as number one citizen should treat every Nigerian, irrespective of tribe and religion as his children, with the same responsibility to all,” he said.

    Ekezie explained that since the “president has appointed the Service Chiefs without considering Ndigbo. Ministerial positions are constitutional rights, and there was no way to exclude the Igbos.
“Now is the time to right the wrong, as the tenure of the present indefatigable Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase comes to an end in June, an Igbo man should be considered,” the AUIGM leader stated.