President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to take over from Ibrahim Idris as the nation's new Inspector-General of Police.

Idris clocked the retirement age of 60 on Tuesday, January 15, 2019, and will now proceed to retire from service after nearly three years as the top Police chief.

President Buhari decorated Adamu as the new IGP at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday after a meeting with him and Idris.

Idris has been directed by the president to hand over to Adamu as the acting IGP as he retires from service on Tuesday.

Idris expressed his gratitude to the president for the opportunity to serve under his administration and thanked Nigerians for their support during his tenure.

He called on Nigerians to also support Adamu as he assumes leadership of the Force.

Adamu is a native of Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital and holds a Bachelors degree in Geography.

He enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force on February 1, 1986 as Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police and has gone on to serve as Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 5 Police Command Headquarters, Benin, Edo State.

He also served as the Commissioner of Police in Ekiti and Enugu states as well as a Directing Staff at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Jos, Plateau State.

According to a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, Adamu has attended several Senior Officer Courses on Law Enforcement, Crime Prevention, Control and Management within and outside Nigeria.