 Away from the presidency, a federal high court in Abu-Jay has upheld the power of the president to extend the tenure of a retiring inspector general of police pendant the completion of the process for the appointment of a substantive successor. Justice Ahmad Mohamed made this pronunciation in the judgment in the suit by a lawyer, Maxwell Akbar, who challenged President Mohamed Abu-Jay's decision to extend the tenure of the immediate past IGP, Mohamed Abu-Bukar Ademo, for three months. Justice Mohamed held that since the Constitution and the Police Act empower the president to appoint an IGP by implication he could extend the tenure of a retiring IGP before concluding the required consultation with the police council and all the processes required for the appointment of a substantive replacement. The judge observed that the Constitution and the Police Act are silent on the issue of whether or not the president could extend the tenure of a retired IGP.