IGP ODERS POSTING: 40 SENIOR POLICE OFFICERS ARE REDEPLOYED

Babatunji Wusu –

Forty (40) Senior Police Officers have been authorized for posting and redeployment by Inspector-General of Police Kayode Egbetokun.

The senior officers included 26 Commissioners of Police and 14 Assistant Inspectors General of Police assigned to various Commands and Formations across the nation, according to a statement released by the Force Spokesperson on Wednesday, Muyiwa Adejobi.

According to the statement, the posting and redeployment are effective immediately and are in keeping with the IGP’s mandate to have a police force that is people-friendly, rule of law compliant, professionally competent, and service-driven.

It further stated that the senior police officers’ redeployment is in line with their recent promotion to higher ranks and their new status.

As a result, Egbetokun asked the recently appointed or redeployed officers to cooperate with the Force strategy and back the government’s goals for the nation’s socio-political development and economic recovery.

The IGP urged police personnel to collaborate with all pertinent stakeholders to bring policing closer to the public, while emphasizing the value of ingraining professionalism and meticulous policing services to all officers and men in their commands.

The names of some of the fourteen AIGs assigned to zones are listed below.

1. Zone 7 Abuja – AIG Ogundele Joshua Ayodeji
2. Zone 11 Osogbo, AIG Patrick Ogon Edung
3. Frontier Patrol FHQ – AIG Badru Banji Lawal
4. Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Annex, Alagbon, Lagos; AIG Idowu Owohunwa.

A few of the 26 CPs assigned to commands and formations are listed below.

Rivers State CP Disu Olatunji Rilwan

Benue State’s CP George Chijioke Chuku

Jigawa State CP Ahmed Abdullahi Tijani

CP Danjuma Aboki – State of Imo

Safer Highways CP Mohammed Barde FHQ (Force Headquarters).