Massive Shakeup In Police As IG Deploys 14 AIGs, 26 CPs

The Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has ordered the posting and redeployment of 40 senior police officers comprising 14 Assistant Inspectors General of Police and 26 Commissioners of Police to various commands and formations in the country.

The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Thursday, said the postings and redeployments were part of a mandate to have a professionally competent, service-driven, rule of law-compliant, and people-friendly police force, and to reflect the new status of senior officers who were recently elevated to their next ranks.

The IGP’s move followed the approval of the Police Service Commission.

The AIGs posted and redeployed are:

1. Zone 7 Abuja – AIG Ogundele Ayodeji
2. Zone 11 Osogbo – AIG Patrick Edung
3. Border Patrol FHQ – AIG Badru Lawal
4. Zone 8 Lokoja – AIG Bartholomew Onyeka
5. DOPS FHQ – AIG Suleiman Yusuf
6. FCID Annex Alagbon Lagos – AIG Idowu Owohunwa
7. Maritime Lagos – AIG Rhoda Olofu
8. Zone 13 Ukpo Dunukofia Awka – AIG Godwin Aghaulor
9. ONSA Abuja – AIG Effiom Ekot
10. CTU FHQ Abuja – AIG Anene Innocent
11. Zone 16 Yenagoa – AIG Odama Ojeka
12. Zone 4 Makurdi – AIG Ebong Eyibio,
13. Zone 17 Akure – AIG Adebowale Williams
14. Investment FHQ Abuja- AIG Sahabo Yahaya.

Similarly, the 26 newly posted/redeployed Commissioners of Police include:

1. Benue State-CP George Chuku
2. Jigawa State-CP Ahmed Tijani
3. Niger State-CP Dan Mamman Shawulu
4. Gombe State-CP Usman Hayatu
5. Imo State-CP Danjuma Aboki
6. Rivers State-CP Disu Olatunji Rilwan
7. Taraba State-CP Joseph Eribo
8. Osun State-CP Isyaku Mohammed
9. Safer Highways FHQ-CP Mohammed Barde
10. PPP DLS FHQ-CP Polycarp Emeka
11. Anti-Human Trafficking -CP Shehu Abubakar
12. Border Patrol FHQ-CP Lawal Ayodeji
13. Maritime Lagos-CP Emmanuel Agene
14. Admin Airwing-CP Jude Azuka
15. Commandant Police College Kaduna- CP Dan Idi
16. Force Provost Marshal-CP Ibitoye Olajide
17. INEC-CP Adamu Isa
18. Procurement DLS FHQ-CP Nwanosike Okocha
19. PSO to IGP-CP Johnson Adenola
20. PAP Western Port Lagos-CP Olanrewaju Shola
21. Int’l Investigation INTERPOL -CP Shelleng Yusuf
22. SEB FCID Abuja-CP Emmanuel Aina
23. Info-Tech ICT FHQ Abuja-CP Miller Dantawaiye
24. Director NPF-NCCC-CP Henry Uche
25. DOPS FHQ Abuja-CP Vungmoh Kwaimo
26. Commandant Police College Ikeja – CP Fasuba Olabode.

While noting that the posting was with immediate effect, Adejobi added that the IG has charged the newly posted/redeployed officers to work in tandem with the force’s policy and support the agenda of government for economic recovery and growth as well as sociopolitical development of the country.

Egbetokun also stressed the importance of entrenching professionalism and diligent policing services to all officers and men under their command, while calling on them to partner with all relevant stakeholders to bring policing closer to the people.