The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has ordered the posting and redeployment of 40 Senior Police Officers comprising 14 Assistant Inspectors General of Police and 26 Commissioners of Police to various Commands and Formations in the country.
Egbetokun said the development is part of 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 just recently elevated to their next ranks.
Findings also revealed that the posting and redeployment is part to efforts to have a free, fair and credible governorship election in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa states.
According to a statement issued on Thursday by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi: “The AIGs posted and redeployed are hereunder listed;
i. Zone 7 Abuja – AIG Ogundele Joshua Ayodeji
ii. Zone 11 Osogbo – AIG Patrick Ogon Edung
iii. Border Patrol FHQ – AIG Badru Banji Lawal, mni
iv. Zone 8 Lokoja – AIG Bartholomew N. Onyeka
v. DOPS FHQ – AIG Suleiman A. Yusuf, mni
vi. FCID Annex Alagbon Lagos – AIG Idowu Owohunwa
vii. Maritime Lagos – AIG Rhoda Adetutu Olofu
viii. Zone 13 Ukpo Dunukofia Awka – AIG Godwin N. Aghaulor
ix. ONSA Abuja – AIG Effiom Emmanuel Ekot
x. CTU FHQ Abuja – AIG Anene Ndu Innocent
xi. Zone 16 Yenagoa – AIG Odama Paul Ojeka
xii. Zone 4 Makurdi – AIG Ebong E. Eyibio, mni
xiii. Zone 17 Akure – AIG Adebowale Williams
xiv. Investment FHQ Abuja – AIG Sahabo A. Yahaya, mni”.
Adejobi went further that: “Similarly, the 26 newly posted/redeployed Commissioners of Police include;
i. Benue State – CP George Chijioke Chuku
ii. Jigawa State – CP Ahmed Abdullahi Tijani
iii. Niger State – CP Dan Mamman E. Shawulu, fsi
iv. Gombe State – CP Usman Hayatu
v. Imo State – CP Danjuma Aboki
vi. Rivers State – CP Disu Olatunji Rilwan
vii. Taraba State – CP Joseph Eribo
viii. Osun State – CP Isyaku Mohammed
ix. Safer Highways FHQ – CP Mohammed Barde
x. PPP DLS FHQ – CP Polycarp Nwonyi Emeka
xi. Anti-Human Trafficking – CP Shehu Kabir Abubakar
xii. Border Patrol FHQ – CP Lawal Babatunde Ayodeji
xiii. Maritime Lagos – CP Emmanuel Agene
xiv. Admin Airwing – CP Jude M. Azuka
xv. Commandant Police College Kaduna – CP Dan Sabo Idi
xvi. Force Provost Marshal – CP Ibitoye Rufus Olajide
xvii. INEC – CP Adamu Ngojin Isa
xviii. Procurement DLS FHQ – CP Nwanosike Wodi Okocha
xix. PSO to IGP – CP Johnson Oluwole Adenola
xx. PAP Western Port Lagos – CP Olanrewaju Olawale Shola
xxi. Int’l Investigation INTERPOL – CP Shelleng Umaru Yusuf
xxii. SEB FCID Abuja – CP Emmanuel Aina
xxiii. Info-Tech ICT FHQ Abuja – CP Miller Gajere Dantawaiye
xxiv. Director NPF-NCCC – CP Henry Ifeanyi Uche
xxv. DOPS FHQ Abuja – CP Vungmoh S.M. Kwaimo
xxvi. Commandant Police College Ikeja – CP Fasuba A. Olabode”.
He said the Inspector General of Police has charged the newly posted/redeployed officers to work in tandem with the Force policy and support the agenda of government for economic recovery and growth as well as socio-political development of the country.
Adejobi also stressed the importance of entrenching professionalism and diligent policing services to all officers and men under their command, while calling on them to partner with all relevant stakeholders to bring policing closer to the people.
The posting, he said, is with immediate effect.
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