John Ameh, AbujaPresident Muhammadu Buhari and the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, held a closed-door meeting on Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The curious meeting was held a day after the official due retirement of Idris, who served out his working years a day earlier on Thursday. But, he arrived at the Presidential Villa to join Buhari for the meeting soon after the Friday prayers. The meeting lasted till about 2.35pm before Idris left the Villa. There have been speculation that Buhari plans to extend Idris’ tenure so that he can oversee the security of the February polls.

Source: Punch January 05, 2019 00:45 UTC