It
has been reported that Nigeria’s immediate past Inspector-General of
Police (IGP), Mr. Hafiz Ringim, may be seeking asylum in the United
Kingdom.
As reported by Daily Sun, shortly after his sack on January 25, 2012,
Ringim quietly relocated to the UK and has not stepped foot on Nigerian
soil, family sources said. Daily Sun gathered that Ringim’s application
for asylum is before the UK Border Agency.
Ringim’s request is reportedly hinged on fears that Islamic
militants, Boko Haram, may kill him should he return to Nigeria. Ringim
reportedly told the agency that his lucky escape in the June 2011
bombing of the Force Headquarters in Abuja, by Boko Haram, a few days
after he threatened in Maiduguri, Borno State, to crush the group,
fuelled fears he was a prime target.
The ex-IGP was also said to have drawn the attention of the British
officials to the June 6, 2011 murder of his deputy in office, Alhaji
Abubakar Ningi. Also killed in the attack were Ningi’s police orderly
and driver. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the killings. Sources
said that he informed the British agency that former military chiefs
have not been spared by the Islamic militants.
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