Newly promoted Deputy Inspectors General of Police have been assigned to head different departments and various formations.
In a statement signed by CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the force’s Public Relations Officer, Usman Alkali, the Inspector-General of Police, has approved the redeployment of DIG Hafiz M. Inuwa to head the Department of Logistics and Supply.
Newly promoted Deputy Inspectors-General of Police, DIG Bala Ciroma and DIG Emeka Frank Mba, are to head the Department of Training and Development and the Department of Research and Planning, respectively.
Chronicle NG reported that the Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of Bala Ciroma and Frank Mba to Deputy Inspectors General of Police.
Following the recent promotion, DIG Ciroma has become the supervising DIG for the North-East, while DIG Mba assumes a supervisory role over the South-East geopolitical zone.
In the same vein, the IGP has approved the posting or redeployment of seventeen (17) Assistant Inspectors-General of Police to various commands and formations.
They include:
AIG Zone 10 Sokoto: AIG Abubakar Lawal, FDC
AIG Zone 15 Maiduguri: AIG Abdul Umar, FDC
AIG Zone 7 Abuja: AIG Williams Adebowale, FDC
AIG Armament FHQ Abuja: AIG Shettima Zanna
AIG Zone 17 Akure: AIG Ebong Eyibio Ebong, psc, mni
AIG Maritime Lagos: AIG Adepoju Ayinde Ilori
AIG FCID Annex Kaduna: AIG Okon Okon Effiong, fdc
AIG Zone 9 Umuahia: AIG Echeng Eworo Echeng
Commandant Staff College Jos-AIG Susan Ukpanukiema Horsefall
AIG DFA FHQ Abuja: AIG Bankole Lanre Sikiru
AIG Zone 11 Osogbo: AIG Oladimeji Yomi Olanrewaju
AIG FEDOPS FHQ Abuja, AIG Odama Paul Ojeka
AIG Forensic: AIG Shehu Gwarzo
AIG R&P, FHQ Abuja: AIG Yekini Adio Ayoku, mni
AIG FCID Alagbon Lagos: AIG Yahaya S. Abubakar, mni
AIG Zone 1 Kano: AIG Umar M. Sanda, fdc
AIG CTU FHQ Abuja, AIG Ede Ayuba
The Inspector-General of Police has, therefore, urged the senior ranking police officers to continue to entrench professionalism and respect for the rights of citizens in their new places of primary assignment. He also urged them to pursue the task of ensuring public safety and security in their AORs with renewed vigor.
The posting has immediate effect.
