Usman Peter, Abuja

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday swore-in Former Inspector General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase as the new chairman of the Police Service Commission(PSC).

The  swearing-in of former IGP  which preceded the Federal Executive Council meeting (FEC), is coming two months after the Senate confirmed him as chairperson of the PSC.

Arase took his oath of office at the council chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja

The event was witnessed by President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice president, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, SGF Boss Mustapha, Chief of Staff to the president, Ibrahim Gambari , amongst others.

Buhari had forwarded Arase’s name to the Senate for confirmation in line with sections 153 (1) and 154 (1) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.

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Arase, 65, who retired in 2016, was the 18th indigenous Inspector-General of Police (from April 2015 to June 2016).

He served in various capacities in the Police, including head of the Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Bureau, CIIB the main intelligence-gathering unit of the Nigerian police.

President Buhari also swore in five Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB board members, which include Murtala Kankia from Katsina (North-West), Zephaniah Bulus from Nasarawa (North-Central), and Farouk Umar from Yobe (North-East).

Others are Taofik Abdulsalam from Ondo (South-West) and Juwaria Badamasi from Kogi State (North-Central).