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… as IGP approves redeployment of 17 AIGs to formations
Following the elevation and approval of two Deputy Inspector General of Police on Friday, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has approved the redeployment of the affected officers to different departments and formations across the country.
Among the DIGs affected are DIG Hafiz M. Inuwa, who is to head the Department of Logistics and Supply, while DIG Bala Ciroma, heads Department of Training and Development, and DIG Emeka Frank Mba, is to head the Department of Research and Planning respectively.
With the recent elevation, DIG Ciroma has become the supervising DIG for the North-East, while DIG Mba assumes a supervisory role over the South-East Geo political zone.
In a statement on Saturday, the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said all the posting takes immediate effect.
Similarly, the IGP has approved the posting/redeployment of 17 Assistant Inspectors-General of Police to various commands and formations.
They include AIG Zone 10 Sokoto; AIG Abubakar Lawal, AIG Zone 15 Maiduguri; AIG Abdul Umar, AIG Zone 7 Abujc- AIG Williams Adebowale, AIG Armament FHQ Abuja – AIG Shettima Zanna;AIG Zone 17 Akure – AIG Ebong Eyibio Ebong; AIG Maritime Lagos – AIG Adepoju Ayinde Ilori; AIG FCID Annex Kaduna – AIG Okon Okon Effiong.
Others are; AIG Zone 9 Umuahia – AIG Echeng Eworo Echeng; Commandant Staff College Jos – AIG Susan Ukpanukiema Horsefall; AIG DFA FHQ Abuja – AIG Bankole Lanre Sikiru; AIG Zone 11 Osogbo – AIG Oladimeji Yomi Olanrewaju; AIG Federal Operations FHQ Abuja – AIG Odama Paul Ojeka AIG Forensic – AIG Shehu Gwarzo; AIG R&P, FHQ Abuja – AIG Yekini Adio Ayoku; AIG FCID Alagbon Lagos – AIG Yahaya S. Abubakar; AIG Zone 1 Kano – AIG Umar M. Sanda;AIG Counter Terrorism Unit, FHQ Abuja – AIG Ede Ayuba
The Inspector-General of Police has, therefore, charged the Senior Police Officers to continue to entrench professionalism and respect for rights of citizens in their new places of assignment. He equally tasked them to pursue the task of ensuring public safety and security in their Area of Responsibilities with renewed vigour.
