Lawyer sues Tinubu, Police Council over alleged unlawful extension of IGP’s tenure

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Nigeria Police Council have been dragged to the Federal High Court in Abuja over an alleged unlawful tenure elongation for the incumbent Inspector General of Police IGP, Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun.

An Abuja based Public Interest Litigation lawyer and human rights activist, Maxwell Opara who instituted the case is contesting the legality or otherwise of the tenure elongation granted Egbetokun under the amended Police Act.