Mr. Bello who has been at the Nigerian high court for more than two decades was edged out as he garnered only 5 out of 110 votes available.
Dozens of officers who were killed during thug violence in October were also promoted posthumously.
The operatives swiftly fled the scene shooting sporadically, the sources said.
The attorneys said charges against Mr. Sowore breached prosecutorial ethics and admonished the Buhari administration to drop them.
Mr. Shehu’s unverified claim was eventually embarrassingly exposed, forcing him to now apologise.
The president did not immediately indicate whether or not he would fire the officers, who have been criticised as ‘incompetent.’
The president described the release of the kidnapped students as “a huge relief to the entire country and international community.”
Californian authorities have since complied with the ruling, which came as 50,000 new COVID-19 infections and 393 fatalities were recorded.
Director of projects is lavishing suspected public funds amidst a raging corruption probe of Niger Delta Development Commission.
The U.S. Mission in Nigeria reiterated its travel advisory earlier issued to citizens on September 21.
