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  • IGP appoints Lakanu force secretary

    The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has appointed Assistant Inspector General of Police, Frederick Taiwo Lakanu, as the new Force Secretary and member of the Nigeria Police Force Management Team.
     In a statement released by the police and signed by the Force Police Public Relations Officer, DCP Jimoh Moshood, the appointment takes immediate effect. The new Force Secretary takes over from AIG Abdul Bube, who retired from the Force on December 31, 2018, after 35 years in service.
    The statement reads in part: “He (Lakanu) served in various capacities in the Force as AIG Federal Operations, Force Headquarters, Abuja, Commissioner of Police in Imo and Ekiti States, Commissioner of Police Airport Command, Lagos, Principal Staff Officer to the IGP (Force Headquarters Annex, Lagos, among others.
    “Until his recent appointment, he was the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 7 Headquarters, Abuja comprising the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Niger and Kaduna States. He has since assumed duty as the Force Secretary, Nigeria Police Force.”
    Meanwhile, AIG Godwin Nwobodo has resumed to the position of the new AIG of the Zone 7 Command covering Kaduna, Niger and the Federal Capital Territory. Until his new appointment, Nwobodo was in charge of the Nigeria Police Border Patrol Force.

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    Born on August 12, 1959, to the family of Mr. & Mrs. Samuel and Margret Nwobodo of Aninri Local Government Area, Enugu State, he completed his primary school education at Alafia Institute (Free Section) Mokola Ibadan, Oyo State in 1973 and obtained his WASC and HSC at Olivet Baptist High School, Olivet Heights Oyo in 1978 and 1980 respectively. He earned a B.Sc (Honours) degree in Biochemistry in 1983 from UI and participated in NYSC scheme in 1984 in Ondo State and later joined the Nigerian Police Force with effect from 31 Dec 1984. AIG G. C Nwobodo also holds an LL.B, BL (Law), M. Sc in Legal Criminology and Security Psychology as well as MSS (Masters Strategic Studies) both from the University of Ibadan, Ibadan. He is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK (Nigerian Branch), the Nigerian Bar Association, Nigerian Institute of Management, the Society for Peace Studies and Practice as well as a fellow of the prestigious National Defence College, Nigeria. He is a member of the Air Assault and Ikeja Golf Clubs.
    AIG Nwobodo was the CP (Courses) at the Nigeria Police Academy, Kano, before his recent promotion to the rank of AIGP (Assistant Inspector-General of Police) and his initial deployment to the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Kuru near Jos. He had served earlier in a number of Commands and Departments of the Nigeria Police Force from 1986. He was equally in the Nigerian contingents to the United Nations Peace Missions in Kosovo and Haiti.
    AIG Godwin Chijioke Nwobodo has attended several courses both within and outside Nigeria. Among them are Strategic Leadership and Command Course, and Advanced Detective Course both at the Nigeria Police Staff College, Jos, Unit Commanders Orientation Course and Training in Combat/Operations at Police Mobile Force Training College, Gwoza Borno State Nigeria, Police Administration and Management Course II, Nigerian Army School of Military Police, Basawa, Zaria Kaduna State and the Higher Defence and Strategic Studies Course at the National Defence College, Nigeria. His M Sc. Strategic Studies dissertation on the “Nigeria Police Force in the Criminal Justice System and National Security” was recently approved leading to the award of the MSS degree of the prestigious University of Ibadan, Ibadan.

  • 51 families of dead officers get N29m cheque

    The Nigeria Police Force on Thursday presented cheque of N29,836,378 million to 51 families of police officers who lost their lives while serving.

    Beneficiaries cut across FCT, Niger and Kaduna State.

    The Assistant Inspector-General (AIG), of police in charge of Zone 7, Taiwo Lakanu who presented cheques to the beneficiaries in Abuja, said it was the duty of the force to take care of officers and their families.

    Lakanu said Commissioners of Police in the state under the zone would present the remaining cheques to other beneficiaries.

    Speaking while presenting the cheques, Lakanu said: “On behalf of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), I will like to present these cheque leaves to you: it is symbolic.”

    “Without these officers, most of us will not be where we are today because they carried out our instructions, they are most sincerely appreciated.”

    He added that the late officers paid the supreme price to curtail crimes and criminality in the country.

    Lakanu also said the IGP restated his commitment to ensure that what accrued to the families of the deceased officers was given to them.

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    He pointed out that apart from the group life insurance for officers, the IG took it upon himself  to create special welfare fund known as IGP Welfare Fund to boost the package.

    Lakanu noted that the essence of the gesture was not the money but the idea behind it which is to let the families know that they are not forgotten.

    He said: “This package is just one of the things the IGP in his wisdom planned for widows and children of the late officers.”

    He condoled with the beneficiaries and assured them of continued support of the force.

    Responding on behalf of the beneficiaries, Mr Andrew Moses appealed to the Force to continue to support the families.

    He commended the IGP for the fatherly care and urged him not to relent in efforts to support families of late officers.

  • Taiwo Lakanu proves mettle

    Taiwo Lakanu proves mettle

    The strongest man is he who stands most alone. And in the case of Taiwo Lakanu, Ibsen’s word rings true. At a time his fellow officers are losing credibility, sacrificing their integrity on the altar of mouth-watering inducements, the Imo State Commissioner of Police stands apart as a class act unmoved by the corrupting influence of high office.

    An incurable hater of corruption and its sister vices, Lakanu, who is also the Akogun of Lagos State, has proved his mettle through the victorious wars he waged on crime in all the places he has been deployed as an officer of the Nigerian Police. A hard-boiled cop with uncommon passion and courage, the Onwa Na Etiri Oha (the moon that shines) of Imo State has been described by Governor Rochas Okorocha as the long-awaited divine messenger sent by providence to rid the state of criminals.

    Wherever he finds himself, Lakanu has done his best to restore the battered image of the police force to its former glory. From the time he enlisted as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) in the Nigeria Police Force in 1986, he has risen through the ranks, holding positions in operations, investigation and administration until his relentless dedication to duty landed him the position of Ekiti State Commissioner of Police and Commissioner in charge of Airport Command before his recent deployment to Imo State.

    A graduate of Philosophy and Law who was called to the bar in 2000, CP Lakanu was recently recognised for his stellar record in crime fighting at an award ceremony hosted by Security Watch Africa. At the ceremony in Houston, Texas, USA, Lakanu was named Most Outstanding Crime Fighter in West and Sub-Sahara Africa. Such recognition could only bolster his resolve to give his all.

  • Police commissioner warns IPOB on proposed rally

    Imo State Commissioner of Police, Taiwo Lakanu, on Wednesday warned members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) against breaching public peace.

    Lakanu gave the warning in a chat with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the IPOB “sit at home protest” slated for Friday.

    The group planned to protest the continued detention of its Leader, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, on that day.

    The commissioner said the police would resist any attempt by the group to breach public peace or carry out activities contrary to the law.

    He said the group has no right to forcefully order members of the public to sit at home or switch off their phones.

    “We will arrest and prosecute any IPOB member if any of their actions leads to breach of security and public peace.

    “Agitators must find a legal ways of making their grievances known to the authorities and not to create panic in the society.

    “Police is in charge of any situation in the state, and we are ever ready to ensure a violence-free state,’’ he said.

    The commissioner urged members of the public not to entertain any fear over the planned protest, but to go about their lawful businesses.

  • Police rescue abducted medical workers in Imo

    The former chairman of the Edo State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Dr. Philip Ugbodaga, a matron at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Mrs.  Anne Usman and an health worker, Mr. Sunny Omo- Alasa,  who were abducted last week by suspected kidnappers at Ekwe community in Isu local council area of Imo State, have been rescued by a crack team of policemen led by state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Taiwo Lakanu.

    The trio were among the 18 medical personnel that moved from Lagos to undertake a free medical mission organized by the Dr. Mamudu Dako’s Foundation before they were kidnapped.

    The free medical outreach slated for October 17 to 19 was partially disrupted when the abductors carted away about 300 eye glasses and hepatitis and tetanus injections, among others items meant for the patients.

    The Nation gathered that the police commissioner and some officers of the  force anti- kidnapping unit, slept in the bush, in a location around Mbaitoli local council area of the state, for several nights while on the trail of  the kidnappers until they got close to the area the victims were kept and rescued them.

  • Thugs attack APC chieftain in Ekiti

    … DPO, seven others wounded

    Eight policemen on Wednesday escaped being killed by suspected party thugs in Efon Alaaye, headquarters of Efon local government area of Ekiti State where an All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, Chief Joseph Alake, was attacked.

    Narrating his ordeal to reporters in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital on Thursday, Alake revealed that the thugs who were armed to the teeth invaded his house at about 8:00am and fired gunshots which threw the community into panic.

    Alake disclosed that the town’s Divisional Police Officer (DPO) and seven other policemen who came to rescue him were attacked by thugs who wounded the officers who were on official duty.

    He said all the eight policemen who were dealt machete cuts are now receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital in the area.

    Alake disclosed that he called the Commissioner of Police, Taiwo Lakanu and the Area Commander of Ijero whom he said mobilized the policemen to his house that had been under the thugs’ siege.

    Lakanu confirmed the attack at a stakeholders’ meeting with leaders and candidates of political parties preparing for next month’s general election.

    Alake said: “These people came in at about 8:00am and brandished dangerous weapons. One of them even macheted a boy in my house. They fired gunshots and threatened to burn down my house because of my political affiliation.

    “The SARS and the Area Commander s rescued me from the scene and took me to Ijero where I passed the night. I would have been killed but for quick intervention of the police,” he stated.

    The police commissioner commended his men for displaying high level of professionalism in handling the incident, he described as frightening and barbaric.

     

  • Fayemi pledges to support Ekiti’s new CP

    Fayemi pledges to support Ekiti’s new CP

    •Police chief resumes in Osun

    EKITI State Governor Kayode Fayemi has said his administration would not relent in its effort at giving the state police command maximum support to maintain peace and reduce crime.

    Fayemi made the pledge yesterday while receiving the state new Commissioner of Police, Mr. Taiwo Lakanu, who visited him in Ado-Ekiti.

    The governor, who described crime rate in the state as the lowest in the country, urged Lakanu to work hard to ensure a further reduction in crime.

    He promised to work with the police commissioner to ensure success in his new capacity as the number one police officer in the state, saying Lakanu’s track record and experience would benefit Ekiti people in the area of security management.

    Fayemi advised the police chief to work together with other sister security agencies and also collaborate with the Office of the Attorney General to facilitate quick dispensation of justice.

    The governor revealed that Lakanu would be the sixth Commissioner of

    Police he would work with since coming to office in October 2010, noting that Ekiti State has been lucky to have competent officers to head the command.

    Earlier in his remarks, Lakanu disclosed that he had been briefed on the numerous assistance rendered by the government to the police, most especially in the area of logistics.

    The new Osun State Police Commissioner, Mr. Abubakar Marafa, has assumed duty.

    The police chief, who resumed last Monday, took over from the former Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Maishanu, who was recently promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG).

    Marafa, at the handling ceremony, praised Maishanu for leaving the state police command better than he met it.

     

    He also hailed Governor Rauf Aregbesola, for providing logistics, including several Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) with which the command is using to fight crime.

    Maishanu, in his remarks, noted that though there were several challenges facing the command under him, especially the just concluded August 9 governorship Election in the state.

    He said that the command under him was able to bring the situation under control, maintaining law and order.

    Brig.-Gen. Adeyemi, the Commandant of Army Regiment in Ede, who spoke on behalf of other sister security agencies, described Maishanu as unassuming, brilliant and gentle officer that always carries other security agencies along.