Yesterday, Mr. Usman Baba, The Inspector General of Police delegated new commissioners of Police to take over command leadership in 13 states including the Federal Capital Territory.
According to Frank Mba, The Force Public Relations, in a statement, the delegation is also part of the efforts aimed at repositioning the force for greater efficiency and stabilizing the internal security order, and scaling up the fight against crimes and criminality in the country.
The affected state commands and senior officers are Niger, CP Monday Bala Kuryas; Kwara, CP Emienbo Tuesday Assayamo; Nasarawa, CP Soyemi Musbau Adesina; Taraba, CP Abimbola Shokoya; Benue, CP Akingbola Olatunji; FCT, CP Babaji Sunday; Kogi, CP Arungwa Nwazue Udo; Kaduna, CP Abdullahi Mudashiru and Jigawa, CP Aliyu Sale Tafida.
Others are Enugu, CP Abubakar Lawal; Cross River, CP Alhassan Aminu; Bayelsa, CP Echeng Eworo Echeng and Kebbi, CP Musa Baba.
Other Senior officers deployed are CP Ndatsu Aliyu Mohammed, a former Commissioner of Police, Enugu State, who is now the CP Anti-Fraud Unit FCID, Abuja; CP Sikiru Akande, a former CP in Cross River State, who is now redeployed to the Department of ICT as the CP ICT, Force Headquarters, Abuja.
The statement said the IG while charging the officers to justify the confidence reposed in them assured the citizenry of sustained efforts by the force to stabilise security in the country.
