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President Muhammadu Buhari has named Mohammed Adamu as acting inspector-general of police (IGP).

Buhari announced Adamu’s appointment at a ceremony in Aso Rock and decorated him with a new rank.

Until his appointment, Adamu was an assistant inspector-general of police.

The acting IGP succeeds Ibrahim Idris who retired after clocking the mandatory 35 years in service.

Speaking with reporters after taking over the reins of the force, Adamu thanked Buhari for finding him worthy to serve.

He admitted that there were security challenges but vowed to do his best in tackling them.

“I want to thank Mr. President for considering me worthy to be the next inspector-general of police,” he said.

“We know that there are security challenges that we need to tackle in the country. Issues of kidnapping, abduction and other security challenges. From the strategies put in place by the former IGP, we will restrategise and make sure that we tackle these challenges squarely.”

Adamu added that the police under him would work in line with the plans his predecessor made for the forthcoming elections.

Allaying the fears of the opposition parties, Adamu said the police would give level playing field to politicans during the polls.

“On the elections, you have heard from the former IGP, adequate arrangement has been made to make sure that free and fair and credible elections take place in Nigeria,” he said.

“We are going to build up on the strategies put in place to make sure that we have hitch-free elections in the country.

“We are professionals. We are going to stick by the rules, we are going to do the right thing. We will not go outside the ethics of our job to do things that are untoward, everybody will be given level playing ground to play his or her politics.”

Adamu is from Nasarawa state.