As Ex-IGP Alkali Says No Ill Feelings Over Sack By President Tinubu, Acting IG Says He Feels Like A Tiger Ready To Devour

The immediate past Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali, haa reveals he bears  no grudges over his removal from the office following his compulsory retirement by President Bola Tinubu.

Recall that President Tinubu ordered a compulsory retirement for Mr Alkali on Monday, alongside the heads of the Nigerian military. Mr Alkali was replaced by Kayode Egbetokun, a deputy inspector general of police.

Mr. Alkali had already over stayed his welcome having been ordered by the court to leave office as his statutory term in office as the Inspector General Of Police was long over due.

Recall the Court had also ordered for his arrest for contempt of court ruling.

Mr Alkali spoke about his removal Tuesday after handing over to Mr Egbetokun.

“It’s a stage, you come, you work, and you go. I’m happy I am handing over to somebody I know that will carry the mantle of leadership from where I have stopped,” he said.

When asked how much he knows about his successor, Mr Alkali said: “We grew up in the job, we grew up together, I was his boss at a time or even when I was IG. He worked under me twice, we’ve been working together and I know how he can go ahead to champion the course of the police from where I stopped.”

Mr Egbetokun also spoke of his new role.

“Now I have just been decorated and I am looking forward to taking over tomorrow morning by 11 a.m. I really can’t describe how I feel presently, but if I have to tell you anything, I will tell you that right now I feel like a Tiger inside of me ready to chase away all the criminals in Nigeria. And some other time, I felt like a lion in me ready to devour all the internal enemies of Nigeria. That’s my feeling right now.”