In what could be described as a major shakeup in the Police Force, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun Tuesday ordered the posting and redeployment of 17 Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGs) and 18 Commissioner of Police (CPs).
The redeployment is with immediate effect.
The affected AIGs include Yetunde O. Longe to AIG Training; Haruna Gabriel Garba to AIG Armament; Rex Dundun to AIG FCID Annex, Kaduna; Durosinmi A. Olatoye to AIG Zone 2, Lagos; Afolabi Babatunde Adeniyi to AIG Zone 3; Abiodun Oladimeji Asabi to AIG Zone 12, Bauchi; George Chijioke Chuku to AIG Zone 17, Akure; Paul Alifa Omata to AIG Zone 16, Yenagoa, and Yusuf Adesina Akeem, fdc, to AIG Zone 8, Lokoja.
A statement yesterday in Abuja by the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Olumuyiwa Adejobi, an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), reads: “The newly posted/redeployed Commissioners of Police include Patrick Atayero to CP EOD; Illiyasu Yahaya Kwarbai to CP Admin. Air Wing; Bello Mohammed Sani to CP Force Provost Marshal; Olorundare Moshood Jimoh to CP Eastern Port; Rose Chollom Dung to CP Welfare; and Olarenwaju Ogunlowo to CP Special Intervention Squad.
“IGP Egbetokun, on Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at the Goodluck Jonathan International Peacekeeping Centre, Force Headquarters, Abuja, decorated 35 senior police officers comprising 14 AIGs, 21 CPs with their new ranks amidst cheers from families, friends, and well-wishers.
“The newly decorated officers include AIGs Yetunde Longe, Haruna Gabriel Garba, Tajudeen Akinwale Abass, Julius Alawiri Okoro, George Chijioke Chuku, and CPs Olanrewaju Peter Ogunlowo, Mohammed Dahiru, Dankombo Faling Morris, and David Iloyanomon,” the statement said.
Egbetokun congratulated the newly decorated senior officers, stressing the need for the newly posted and redeployed AIGs and CPs to bring their wealth of experience to bear in their assignments.
He expressed confidence that their ardent impact would boost the endeavor for excellence in the discharge of police constitutional responsibilities.
