By Peter Omopo
September 25, 2025 – The Police Service Commission (PSC) has renamed its Chairman’s Conference Hall after its late former Chairman and ex-Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, who died on August 31, 2025, at the age of 69.
The announcement was made in a statement issued on Thursday by the Commission’s Head of Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani. According to the statement, the sixth-floor conference hall at the PSC’s headquarters in Abuja will now be known as the Solomon Arase Hall.
“The Police Service Commission has named its Chairman’s Hall on the 6th floor of its Corporate Headquarters as Solomon Arase Hall in honour of its late Chairman,” Ani said.
Arase, who was appointed the 18th Inspector General of Police in April 2015 and retired in June 2016, later became Chairman of the PSC, a position he held until 2024.
At a night of tributes held on Wednesday in Abuja, the current PSC Chairman, DIG Hashimu Argungu (retd)—represented by the Director of Human Resource Management, Aminu Malumfashi—described Arase as “a Police Officer of repute, a scholar, a reformer, and a gentleman of rare courage and intellect.”
Funeral activities for the late Chairman will continue on Friday, September 26, with a requiem mass at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Maitama, followed by a lying-in-state at his Abuja residence.
His remains will then be flown to Benin City, Edo State, for the continuation of burial rites, with interment scheduled for Friday, October 3, 2025, at his Benin residence.
The PSC has confirmed that a strong delegation will attend the final rites in Edo State to honour the late Chairman.
