IG deploys new command police commissioners in 21 states

The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has deployed the newly promoted Commissioners of Police to head Police Commands in 21 States.

This followed the recommendation of the CPs to the Police Service Commission and its subsequent approval.

The CPs are Usman Yakubu who would now head Nasarawa State Police Command; Isaac Achong, CP, Akwa-Ibom; Paul Okafor, Kogi; Hyacinth Dagala, Benue; Farouk Umar, Jigawa; Salihu Garba, Kwara and A. Shodipo, Oyo State.

Others are Abubakar Marafa, Osun; Clement Adoda, Borno; Kayode Aderanti, Lagos; Usman Baba, Delta; Dan Bature, Rivers; Karma Hassan, Anambra; Titilayo Busari, Cross River; Valentine Ntomchukwu; Bayelsa; Frederick Lakanu, Ekiti; and Ademola Omole, Taraba.

Also affected by the deployment were Olusola Amore, Niger, Adejoh Adaji, Adamawa, Ishaku Barau, Kebbi and Acting CP, Wilson Inalegwu, FCT.

Meanwhile, the IG has ordered a thorough investigation into the death of the Vice Chairman, Sun Newspapers, Dimgba Igwe, who was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Lagos on Saturday.

While recalling the many worthy contributions of the late journalist to nation-building, the IG expressed deep regrets over the incident and condoled with his family.

He noted that Igwe died at a time when his “highly cerebral ideas and ingenuity are very much needed in the country.”

A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu, on Monday in Abuja, said Abba, assured that the Police would leave no stone unturned in their investigation into the circumstances surrounding the late journalist’s death.