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  • Police redeploy 19 AIGs, 49 CPs

    Police redeploy 19 AIGs, 49 CPs

    The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, yesterday approved the redeployment o?f 19 Assistant Inspectors General in various states.

    Arase also redeployed 49 ?Commissioners of Police.

    The posting, according to a statement from the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Abayomi Shogunle, followed the vacancies created from the recent retirement and promotion of senior police officers.

    The statement added that the former Force Public Relations Officers CP Emmanuel Ojukwu, had been redeployed to Kogi State as the Command’s CP.

    Also yesterday, the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, appointed Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Olabisi Alofe Kolawole, as the new Force Public Relations Officer.

    Kolawole becomes the first female police officer to be appointed as the spokesperson of the Police Force at federal level.

    The appointment, according to a statement from the Deputy Force Public Relations, CSP Abayomi Shogunle, is geared towards harnessing the potential of Nigerian ?female police officers.

    Kolawole, who holds a first degree in Law from Ogun State University and a Masters degree in Police Leadership and Management from the University of Leicester, United

    Kingdom, replaces CP Emmanuel Ojukwu who is now the Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Command.

    The new FPRO has served in various capacities at national and international levels. She was the Force Gender Adviser before her recent posting.

    The statement said that Arase also appointed Ag. ACP Idowu Owohunwa as Principal Staff Officer (PSO) to the IGP.

    The new PSO, who holds a bachelors degree in International Studies from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria as well as a Masters degree in Criminal Justice and Policing from University of Leeds, United Kingdom, has served the Nigeria Police in diverse capacities, such as Staff Officer to the 2006 Alhaji Dan Madami-Chaired Presidential Committee on Nigeria Police Reforms and Divisional Crime Officer, National Assembly Complex Police Division, Abuja.

    He was pioneer head of the Intelligence Analysis Unit of the Force Intelligence Bureau.

    Ag. ACP Owohunwa takes over from CP Austin Iwar who is now the Commissioner of Police, Gombe State Command.

    Before his appointment as PSO, Owohunwa was the Personal Assistant (PA) to the current IGP.

  • More calls to redeploy Cross River REC

    Human rights activist and lawyer Mr Utum Eteng has added his voice to calls for the redeployment of the Cross Rivers State Resident Electoral Commission (REC), Sylvester Ezeani, for alleged partiality in the March 28 elections.

    Ezeani came under attack from opposition parties immediately he assumed office. They accused him of being loyal to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), an allegation he denied.

    Eteng spoke at the weekend in Calabar: “I am without equivocation an advocate of the request that the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Sylvester Ezeani, be redeployed.

    “His first election conducted in the state is a sham, disgrace and failure to INEC. He poorly handled the March 28 elections. You will recall that before his coming, the forthright Mike Igini came to the state and set standards. “Igini created confidence in the people; he made people believe that their votes will count. When he was transferred many wept in the state. We knew another era of rigging had come. It is a shame that electoral officers in the state compromised. It was like that before Igini came and stopped it.

    “He should be temporarily, if not permanently transferred, so they can bring somebody else to manage the governorship and House of Assembly elections.

    “These elections are crucial because they touch the people directly. The people should not be shortchanged again.

    “We appeal to the law enforcement agents to be independent and serve everybody, despite party affiliations”.

  • Police redeploy 11 commissioners

    Police redeploy 11 commissioners

    The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered the redeployment of 11 Commissioners of Police (CPs) to various commands and formations.

    A statement by the Force Deputy Public Relations officer, Mr. Frank Mba yesterday said the redeployment followed the recent elevation of some senior officers to the rank of Commissioners of Police and the retirement of some officers in state commands and other formations.

    The affected officers are: Agboola Oshodi-Glover (CP Kwara); Abubakar Adamu Mohammed (CP Enugu); Tonye Ebiye Ebitibituwa (CP Bayelsa); Umaru Shehu (CP Nasarawa); Hurdi Mohammed (CP Katsina); and Kudu Nma (Gombe).

    Others are: Sylvester Umeh (CP Eastern Port); Usman Isa Baba (CP Cooperative); Saidu Madawaki (CP Border Patrol); Usman Yakubu (CP Welfare ‘A’ Force Headquarters); Abdulmajid Ali (CP, EOD, ‘B’ Dept. Force Headquarters).

    The statement quoted the IGP to have challenged the officers to show commitment in the fight against crime and criminality in their new beats.

    “They are to ensure that they work cordially with the public and to serve as motivation to their subordinate officers in the discharge of their onerous responsibilities.

    “The IGP has also directed the officers to be mindful of the fundamental rights of the citizenry and ensure that complaints are promptly addressed, to avoid miscarriage of justice.

    “The redeployments take immediate effect.”

     

     

     

  • Police redeploy seven AIGs

    Police redeploy seven AIGs

    The Police have redeployed seven Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) to various commands and formations across the country.

    The affected officers are Jonathan Johnson, who is posted to head Zone 6, comprising Akwa Ibom, Cross River and Rivers states with headquarters in Calabar.

    Christopher Dega now heads Zone 8, Lokoja comprising Ekiti, Kogi and Kwara states.

    Zone 3 with headquarters in Yola and comprising Adamawa, Gombe and Taraba states Police Commands is now headed by Mohammed J. Abubakar.

    Tambari Y. Mohammed is the new AIG in charge of Zone 9. It composed of Abia, Anambra, Enugu and Imo states. Zone 10 with headquarters in Sokoto, covering Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara states is now headed by Sule Mamman. Adisa Bolanta is now the commandant, Police Academy, Wudil in Kano.

    A statement by Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, Mr. Frank Mba, yesterday said the police have established a Maritime Police Command headed by AIG Mark A. Idakwo.

    Mba said the Command will be domiciled at the Force Headquarters, Abuja under the operational control of ‘B’ Department.

    “The new Command which enjoys the status of a Zone, is a fusion of the Marine Police Command, the Police Ports Authority Command and the Inland Waterways Formation.

    “The Maritime Police Command is further broken into Western Maritime Command with headquarters in Lagos, the Eastern Maritime Command with headquarters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and the Marine Command with headquarters also situated in Lagos.

    “Each of these subsidiary Commands under the Maritime Police Command is headed by a Commissioner of Police. The Maritime Command is charged with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and providing adequate security in our ports and harbours.

    “The new Command is also saddled with the task of tackling contemporary security challenges such as armed robbery, piracy, kidnapping, gun running and other related crimes in our creeks, harbours and territorial waterways”. Mba said.