The Police Service Commission has dismissed Mr Zakari Biu from the Nigerian Police Force after it indicted him following d escape of Boko Haram suspect, Kabiru Sokoto from police custody. The PSC, in a meeting held in Abuja today, approved the appointment of seven officers to the rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Police. The new DIGs are: Suleiman Dauda Fakai, Atiku Yusufu Kafur , Emmanuel Kachi Udeoji, Haruna John
The embattled Commissioner of Police, Zakari Biu, was dismissed over the dramatic escape of Kabiru Abubakar Dikko, a.k.a. Kabiru Sokoto, the alleged mastermind of the Christmas day bombing of St Theresa Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State, in which over 40 lives were lost.
Biu had been dismissed from the Force once before, in 1999, and was reinstated into the Force only in 2010. He was also due to retire from the Force at the end of this month having attained the mandatory age of 60.
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