The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase has promised to leave the Nigeria Police better than he met it.
He made this promise while talking to newsmen in Benin City, Edo State at a reception organised by the government of his home state of Edo to commemorate his ascendancy to the number one position in the police force.
Arase also used the opportunity to reiterate his commitment to keeping the roads free of police road blocks, as well as improve the welfare of policemen.
Governor Adams Oshiomhole who was the chief host of the occasion congratulated the IG on his appointment, saying that he felt proud that a person from his state was considered for the police top job.
“On behalf of the government and people of Edo State, I want to congratulate Mr. Solomon Arase on his appointment as the number 1 Policeman in Nigeria, the largest country in Africa.
“We are very proud as Edo people of the fact that in Nigeria geopolitical equation, we are regarded as a minority but God in his infinite mercy has directed and touched the heart of our leaders to go for merit and one of us, strictly on the basis of merit, is today the Inspector-General of Police,” Oshiomhole said.
Furthermore, the governor promised to commit N200 million to the renovation of the dilapidated Ogida police barracks, as part of government’s efforts to boost the morale of policemen and their families resident in the barracks.
Also at the occasion were former Inspector General Mike Okiro and former Deputy Inspector-General Parry Osayande.