Former Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Solomon Arase has reportedly died at Cedarcrest Hospital in Abuja, according to SaharaReporters.
As of press time, neither his family nor the Nigeria Police Force has officially confirmed the news.
Arase, Nigeria’s 18th IGP, was appointed in April 2015 by former President Goodluck Jonathan and served until his retirement in 2016.
Following his exit from active service, he held several national roles, most notably as Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), a position he assumed in January 2023 under President Muhammadu Buhari. He was relieved of the role in June 2024 by President Bola Tinubu.
A veteran intelligence officer, Arase once headed the Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Bureau, the police force’s apex intelligence unit. His career also included serving as Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom State, Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of intelligence, and an international peacekeeping mission in Namibia under the United Nations.