IGP orders posting/redeployment of eight Commissioners of Police

Etim Ekpimah

The Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the posting and redeployment of eight Commissioners of Police (CPs) to State Commands and Formations nationwide for operational and administrative effectiveness.

A statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi on Thursday, 10 November 2022, said the affected officers are, CP Gombe Command, Etim Oqua Effiom; CP Kano Command, Mamman Dauda; CP Bauchi Command, Aminu Alhassan; CP CPTU Staff College Jos, Babatunde Babaita Ishola; CP X-Squad FCID Annex Lagos, Mamman Umar Sanda, fdc; CP FCID Annex Gombe, John Ayuba Babangida; CP Safer Highway FHQ Abuja, Akinwale Adeniran, and CP DFA FCID Annex Lagos, Abubakar Lawal, fdc.

According to the statement, the IGP has assured the nation that the posting and redeployment of Senior Police Officers, which is regular in order to align with the Force’s policy on strategic human capacity deployment, will further help in driving the IGP’s policing vision targeted at improving policing services across the country.

“Similarly, the Force wishes to urge members of the public to disregard false, unfounded, and misleading news being peddled that the former Commissioner of Police in charge of Kano State, CP Abubakar Lawal, fdc, was redeployed from Kano on allegations of corruption.

“This is to re-emphasize that posting in the Force is a normal routine geared towards strengthening human capacity and knowledge diffusion for the betterment of the Force,” the statement added.

The posting and the redeployment of the Senior Police Officers is with immediate effect.