~Inspector General of Police Hafiz Ringim Resigns~: The embattled boss of the Nigeria Police Force has finally left the office, with speculations that Assistant Inspector General, AIG MD Abubakar has been scheduled to take over as the new Inspector General of the Nigerian Police. Hafiz Ringim. The circumstances of departure of Ringim who was originally scheduled to retire in March this year remains hazy as of the time of filing in this report. But a source in Police Affairs Commission said that Ringim was asked to proceed on retirement leave, preparatory to his final pull out from the law enforcement agency. There have been speculations that Ringim may be forced to quit early following the escape of Kabiru Sokoto, an alleged Boko Haram chieftain from the custody of the Police on Sunday 15, January. The suspect who was arrested in Abuja had escaped from a team of Policemen led by Commissioner Zakari Biu in Abaji, Abuja. Caleb Olubolade, the Police Affairs minister told journalists last Wednesday that Ringim has been queried over the issue. He added that if the Police Inspector General is found culpable, appropriate punishment will be meted out to him. Last Friday, the minister also told journalist that the Police Chief has replied the query and that government has set up a committee to probe the escape of the Boko Haram suspect. Ringim was at Aso Rock presidential villa yesterday, but refused to speak to journalists. Before he was forced to quit today, there have been calls for the sack of Ringim over his inability to curb the spate of insecurity, especially attacks by Boko Haram members in parts of the Northern Nigeria and Abuja. Significantly, the dreaded Islamic sect had last year bombed the Nigeria Police, Abuja headquarters in response to a statement made by Ringim in far away Borno State that he is going to wipe away the group within some weeks.