Former IGP, Hafiz Ringim seeks asylum in the UK

A former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Hafiz
Ringim, is allegedly seeking asylum in the United
Kingdom, as reports say, he has an application before
the UK Border Agency.
Dailypost learnt that not long after his sack on January
25, 2012, Ringim traveled to the UK and has not
returned ever since.
Sources say his request is on the grounds that the
dreaded islamic sect, Boko Haram, may target his life
once he returns to Nigeria.
The former Police boss in his application informed UK
officials that he narrowly escaped death inJune 2011,
when the Force Headquarters in Nigeria’s capital city
of Abuja was bombed, few days after he threatened to
crush the terrorist group.
Ringim told the British agency that on June 6, 2011,
his Deputy, Abubakar Ningi was murdered alongside
the police orderly and a driver, an incident claimed
by the Boko Haram sect.
He also referred to the killings of the former military
chiefs, including the November 2012 murder of a civil
war veteran, General Mamman Shuwa.
It would be recalled that it was under Ringim’s
tenure, that the United Nations’ office in Abuja was
bombed. 25 people lost their lives, while several
others were injured.
The UK government is yet to send a reply to the
inquiry made on the matter.