Former Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, on Monday paid glowing tribute to the late Inspector General of Police and immediate past Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Solomon Arase, who passed away in Abuja at the age of 69.
Arase died in the early hours of Sunday at Cedarcrest Hospital, Abuja, after a brief illness.
The retired top cop, while consoling his family, the entire Nigerian Police Force, the International Police community and Nigerians as a whole, described the late Arase as a patriotic Nigerian who gave his all to the service of his fatherland and beyond.
Adamu, who addressed some newsmen shortly after he signed the condolence register at the Abuja residence of the late IGP Arase, said he received the news of the demise of the former IGP Arase with shock and disbelief.
“Everybody knows that when Arase was there, he was one of the brains who reformed the Nigerian Police. Even after retirement, his heart was there with the Nigerian Police, thinking of how the service can improve day in and day out. It is a great loss not only to his family but also to the Police Force but also to the country at large. And he has also been linked to international policing, and his colleagues at the international level would really miss him.
“We lost a patriot in this county, and we pray that God will give the family the fortitude to bear the loss and also we, his colleagues. We continue to pray for the repose of his soul,” he stressed.
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