Nigeria, May 23 -- President Muhammadu Buhari is currently chairing a meeting of the Nigeria Police Council which comprises the country's 36 state governors and the chairman of the Police Service Commission.

The meeting began at 3 p.m. and sources at the villa said it was convened by Mr Buhari to consider the confirmation of the acting Inspector General of the Police, Mohammed Adamu, as a substantive IGP.

Section 27 of the Third Schedule of the 1999 constitution also identifies the IGP as a member of the council. He was, however, not attending Thursday's meeting.

The section says "The Nigeria Police Council shall comprise the following members - (a) the President who shall be the Chairman; (b) the Governor of each State of the Federati...