IGP Musiliu Smith (Rtd.)
Former Inspector General of Police (IGP), Musiliu Smith, has resigned his position as the chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC) over an intractable dispute between the leadership of the Commission and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).
Ikechukwu Ani, PSC spokesperson, confirmed his resignation just as he said Smith’s resignation was on health grounds, and President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted it.
Smith’s resignation, it was reliably gathered, has something to do with the supremacy tussle which has literally paralysed new recruitments into the Force.
Said Ani as quoted: “Yes he resigned on his own on medical grounds and the President has accepted his resignation”.
“His resignation came amid the long disagreement between the Commission and the Nigeria Police Force on recruitment exercises”.
Ani noted that the Commission was yet to issue an official statement on Musiliu Smith’s resignation.
Smith, whose tenure is scheduled to end in July 2023, served the Commission for over four years.
He was promoted to the rank IGP in May 1999 and retired in March 2002 following a police strike.
Ani said an official statement on his resignation would be issued on Thursday.
