JUST IN: IGP Redeploys 26 Commissioners Of Police

Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has ordered the posting and redeployment of 26 Commissioners of Police to various commands and formations in the country.

Gatekeepers News reports that the posting and redeployment also affected 40 senior police officers comprising 14 Assistant Inspectors General of Police.

The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.

The Force PRO said the postings and redeployments were part of a mandate to have a professionally competent, service-driven, rule of law-compliant, and people-friendly police force, and to reflect the new status of senior officers who were recently elevated to their next ranks.

The move followed the approval of the Police Service Commission.

The AIGs posted and redeployed are;

• Zone 7 Abuja – AIG Ogundele Ayodeji
• Zone 11 Osogbo – AIG Patrick Edung
• Border Patrol FHQ – AIG Badru Lawal
• Zone 8 Lokoja – AIG Bartholomew Onyeka
• DOPS FHQ – AIG Suleiman Yusuf
• FCID Annex Alagbon Lagos – AIG Idowu Owohunwa
• Maritime Lagos – AIG Rhoda Olofu
• Zone 13 Ukpo Dunukofia Awka – AIG Godwin Aghaulor
• ONSA Abuja – AIG Effiom Ekot
• CTU FHQ Abuja – AIG Anene Innocent
• Zone 16 Yenagoa – AIG Odama Ojeka
• Zone 4 Makurdi – AIG Ebong Eyibio,
• Zone 17 Akure – AIG Adebowale Williams
• Investment FHQ Abuja- AIG Sahabo Yahaya

Similarly, the 26 newly posted/redeployed Commissioners of Police include;

• Benue State-CP George Chuku
• Jigawa State-CP Ahmed Tijani
• Niger State-CP Dan Mamman Shawulu
• Gombe State-CP Usman Hayatu
• Imo State-CP Danjuma Aboki
• Rivers State-CP Disu Olatunji Rilwan
• Taraba State-CP Joseph Eribo
• Osun State-CP Isyaku Mohammed
• Safer Highways FHQ-CP Mohammed Barde
• PPP DLS FHQ-CP Polycarp Emeka
• Anti-Human Trafficking -CP Shehu Abubakar
• Border Patrol FHQ-CP Lawal Ayodeji
• Maritime Lagos-CP Emmanuel Agene
• Admin Airwing-CP Jude Azuka
• Commandant Police College Kaduna- CP Dan Idi
• Force Provost Marshal-CP Ibitoye Olajide
• INEC-CP Adamu Isa
• Procurement DLS FHQ-CP Nwanosike Okocha
• PSO to IGP-CP Johnson Adenola
• PAP Western Port Lagos-CP Olanrewaju Shola
• Int’l Investigation INTERPOL -CP Shelleng Yusuf
• SEB FCID Abuja-CP Emmanuel Aina
• Info-Tech ICT FHQ Abuja-CP Miller Dantawaiye
• Director NPF-NCCC-CP Henry Uche
• DOPS FHQ Abuja-CP Vungmoh Kwaimo
• Commandant Police College Ikeja – CP Fasuba Olabode

Adejobi, while noting that the posting was with immediate effect, added that the IGP has charged the newly posted/redeployed officers to work in tandem with the force’s policy and support the agenda of the government for economic recovery and growth as well as sociopolitical development of the country.

Egbetokun stressed the importance of entrenching professionalism and diligent policing services to all officers and men under their command.

The IGP further called on them to partner with all relevant stakeholders to bring policing closer to the people.