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:
- Zone 7 Abuja – AIG Ogundele Ayodeji
- Zone 11 Osogbo – AIG Patrick Edung
- Border Patrol FHQ – AIG Badru Lawal
- Zone 8 Lokoja – AIG Bartholomew Onyeka
- DOPS FHQ – AIG Suleiman Yusuf
- FCID Annex Alagbon Lagos – AIG Idowu Owohunwa
- Maritime Lagos – AIG Rhoda Olofu
- Zone 13 Ukpo Dunukofia Awka – AIG Godwin Aghaulor
- ONSA Abuja – AIG Effiom Ekot
- CTU FHQ Abuja – AIG Anene Innocent
- Zone 16 Yenagoa – AIG Odama Ojeka
- Zone 4 Makurdi – AIG Ebong Eyibio,
- Zone 17 Akure – AIG Adebowale Williams
- Investment FHQ Abuja- AIG Sahabo Yahaya.
Similarly, the 26 newly posted/redeployed Commissioners of Police include:
- Benue State-CP George Chuku
- Jigawa State-CP Ahmed Tijani
- Niger State-CP Dan Mamman Shawulu
- Gombe State-CP Usman Hayatu
- Imo State-CP Danjuma Aboki
- Rivers State-CP Disu Olatunji Rilwan
- Taraba State-CP Joseph Eribo
- Osun State-CP Isyaku Mohammed
- Safer Highways FHQ-CP Mohammed Barde
- PPP DLS FHQ-CP Polycarp Emeka
- Anti-Human Trafficking -CP Shehu Abubakar
- Border Patrol FHQ-CP Lawal Ayodeji
- Maritime Lagos-CP Emmanuel Agene
- Admin Airwing-CP Jude Azuka
- Commandant Police College Kaduna- CP Dan Idi
- Force Provost Marshal-CP Ibitoye Olajide
- INEC-CP Adamu Isa
- Procurement DLS FHQ-CP Nwanosike Okocha
- PSO to IGP-CP Johnson Adenola
- PAP Western Port Lagos-CP Olanrewaju Shola
- Int’l Investigation INTERPOL -CP Shelleng Yusuf
- SEB FCID Abuja-CP Emmanuel Aina
- Info-Tech ICT FHQ Abuja-CP Miller Dantawaiye
- Director NPF-NCCC-CP Henry Uche
- DOPS FHQ Abuja-CP Vungmoh Kwaimo
- 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.