Thirteen new Commissioners of Police have been appointed by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba.
The new Commissioners of Police and State Commands posted to are: Niger State Command, CP Monday Bala Kuryas; Kwara State Command, CP Emienbo Tuesday Assayamo; Nasarawa State Command, CP Soyemi Musbau Adesina; Taraba State Command, CP Abimbola Shokoya; Benue State Command, CP Akingbola Olatunji; FCT Police Command, CP Babaji Sunday; Kogi State Command and CP Arungwa Nwazue Udo; Kaduna State Command.
Others are CP Abdullahi Mudashiru; Jigawa State Command, CP Aliyu Sale Tafida; Enugu State Command, CP Abubakar Lawal; Cross River State Command, CP Alhassan Aminu; Bayelsa State Command, CP Echeng Eworo Echeng and CP Musa Baba, Kebbi State Command.
In a statement, the Force Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba, said the appointments take immediate effect.
“The posting of the Senior Officers is part of efforts at repositioning the Force for greater efficiency, stabilizing the internal security order and scaling up the fight against crimes and criminality in the country,” Mba said in the statement.
Meanwhile, the Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Ari Muhammed Ali, has continued to receive commendations from members of the public for his proactive measures in fighting criminality and other vices in the state.
Some Deltans who spoke with NewsNet acknowledged the positive changes in the strategies deployed by men of the Command in combating crime leading to rescue of several kidnap victims, arrest of robbery, kidnap and hard drug suspects as well as recovery of stolen vehicles, arms and ammunition across the state.
Of particular note by some residents of the state is the innovation whereby Divisional Police Officers (DPO) across the 25 local government areas in the state now lead crack teams of their Divisions to battle armed robbers, kidnappers and other criminal elements leading to several successes in the policing of the state.
