President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the extension of service of his Chief Personal Security Officer, Abdulkarim Dauda, by three years.
Dauda, who was promoted to the rank of  Commissioner of Police last year, is Buhari’s nephew.
By the presidential approval, the CPSO, who was due to retire from service on January 1,   2020, will now leave the force on May 13, 2023.
Born in 1963, Dauda was enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force as a Cadet Officer on January 1, 1985 and would clock the mandatory 35 years in service in January 2020.
Prior to his posting to the State House as CPSO to the President, Dauda served in different police commands and formations, including the Sokoto State Command, Force Criminal Department, Katsina State Command, Lagos State Command, Kano State Command, Police College, kano State Command, and Edo State Command.
The CPSO office was created by Former President Goodluck Jonathan to pave the way for his aide-de-camp, Moses Jitoboh, to be part of his personal security structure.
 But a few months after Buhari’s inauguration, his nephew was redeployed to serve as his CPSO.