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Nigeria federal police chief forced to retire

January 25, 2012 -- 3:10 AM
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Residents chant slogans outside a police station that was attacked at Sheka in Kano, Nigeria, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. Suspected members of a radical Islamist sect attacked a police station overnight in the north Nigeria city where its previous coordinated assault killed at least 185 people. Youths on Wednesday morning overran the police station in the Sheka neighborhood of Kano, a city of more than 9 million people.

Wed, 2012-01-25 03:10

Nigeria's president has forced the nation's federal police chief to retire after an attack by a radical Islamist sect killed at least 185 people in the country's north.

A statement from the presidency Wednesday said Inspector Gen. Hafiz Ringim had been placed on "terminal leave" pending his planned retirement in the coming months. The statement also said President Goodluck Jonathan also "approved the retirement" of all deputy inspector generals of police.

The move comes after an attack Friday in Kano by the sect known as Boko Haram that saw police stations bombed in the city of 9 million people.