The office of the Inspector General of Police wishes to inform the general public that, with effect from Monday 25thJune, 2018, Alhagie Mamour Jobe the former Deputy Inspector General of Police has been appointed Acting Inspector General of Police by His Excellency President Adama Barrow.
In the same vein, the office of the IGP through the it’s Public Relations Office takes this opportunity to inform the general public that the office of the IGP has not made any form of internal arrangement in appointing a Deputy Inspector General of Police and Assistant Inspector Generals of Police as speculated and rumored in the social media.
It is important to note that the office of the IGP has no legal mandate to appoint a DIG, that only the President of the Republic has the powers and mandate to appoint a Deputy Inspector General and make approval of the appointment of Assistant Inspector Generals of Police.