18 days to go, Buhari appoints counter-terrorism adviser

18 days to go, Buhari appoints counter-terrorism adviser

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Garba Umar as his senior security adviser on international police cooperation and counter-terrorism.

Umar is an assistant inspector-general of police.

He is vice-president of the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) for Africa and head of the INTERPOL national central bureau in Nigeria.

He is expected to retire from the Nigeria Police Force before the end of this month.

In a statement on Thursday, the presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, said Umar’s appointment would take effect on May 16.

Part of the statement read, “In approving his appointment, President Buhari took note of a precedent in which a former executive member, AIG Kamal Subair (Rtd), was retained in service by the Federal Government of Nigeria after retirement in 2018.

“President Buhari also took note of the fact that during his tenure as a member of the executive committee, AIG Umar assisted Nigeria in many ways, with the hope that in the remaining one year, he will even do more in securing equipment for crimes, border management and counter-terrorism for the country and in helping to get more Nigerians into important positions in the INTERPOL.”

18 days to go, Buhari appoints counter-terrorism adviser