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 reports that the move followed the approval of the Police Service Commission.

The AIGs posted and redeployed are;Zone 7 Abuja – AIG Ogundele AyodejiZone 11 Osogbo – AIG Patrick EdungBorder Patrol FHQ – AIG Badru LawalZone 8 Lokoja – AIG Bartholomew OnyekaDOPS FHQ – AIG Suleiman YusufFCID Annex Alagbon Lagos – AIG Idowu OwohunwaMaritime Lagos – AIG Rhoda OlofuZone 13 Ukpo Dunukofia Awka – AIG Godwin AghaulorONSA Abuja – AIG Effiom EkotCTU FHQ Abuja – AIG Anene InnocentZone 16 Yenagoa – AIG Odama OjekaZone 4 Makurdi – AIG Ebong Eyibio,Zone 17 Akure – AIG Adebowale Williamsxiv.Investment FHQ Abuja- AIG Sahabo Yahaya.

Benue State-CP George ChukuJigawa State-CP Ahmed TijaniNiger State-CP Dan Mamman ShawuluGombe State-CP Usman HayatuImo State-CP Danjuma AbokiRivers State-CP Disu Olatunji RilwanTaraba State-CP Joseph EriboOsun State-CP Isyaku MohammedSafer Highways FHQ-CP Mohammed BardePPP DLS FHQ-CP Polycarp EmekaAnti-Human Trafficking -CP Shehu AbubakarBorder Patrol FHQ-CP Lawal AyodejiMaritime Lagos-CP Emmanuel AgeneAdmin Airwing-CP Jude AzukaCommandant Police College Kaduna- CP Dan IdiForce Provost Marshal-CP Ibitoye OlajideINEC-CP Adamu IsaProcurement DLS FHQ-CP Nwanosike OkochaPSO to IGP-CP Johnson AdenolaPAP Western Port Lagos-CP Olanrewaju SholaInt’l Investigation INTERPOL -CP Shelleng YusufSEB FCID Abuja-CP Emmanuel AinaInfo-Tech ICT FHQ Abuja-CP Miller DantawaiyeDirector NPF-NCCC-CP Henry UcheDOPS FHQ Abuja-CP Vungmoh KwaimoCommandant 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.
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