By Solomon Nwoke
COACH of the Nigerian team in the 1999 World Youth Championship, Olatunde Disu has hailed the appointment of  Alhaji M.D. Abubakar as the new Inspector General of Police.

The ‘Darman Miracle” Saudi 1989 World Youth Championship coach said  the appintment of the man who was incharge of  security when Nigeria hosted the world in its first international assigmnment as the new Inspector-General of Nigeria Police was a welcome development.

Alhaji Abubakar was  a member of the Nigeria Football Association  (NFA) and in charge of security department over a period of time.

Reacting to Alhaji Abubakar’s appointment yesterday, Coach Disu said, “it was a well deserved appointment for him, he was a great man who’s open minded and most especially, he’s a sports loving policemen.

“He has a lot of  experience from his nuerous trips involving World Cup competitions, very intelligent, disciplined and one of the neatest policemen I have ever seen.  When he in charge of security at the airport, he did well.  Nigerians will appreciate his new appointment as ne IG and I urge all Nigerians to support him”.

Alhaji Abubakar enjoys playing golf,badminton ,squash,football ,handball ,monopoly ,checkers and bowling as areas of interest in sports