{"id":49056,"date":"2021-05-18T20:40:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T19:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=49056"},"modified":"2021-05-18T20:40:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T19:40:10","slug":"sp-bala-elkana-replaces-sp-ikeokwu-as-imo-police-spokesperson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/sp-bala-elkana-replaces-sp-ikeokwu-as-imo-police-spokesperson\/","title":{"rendered":"SP Bala Elkana Replaces SP Ikeokwu As Imo Police Spokesperson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Okosun Dennis<\/p>\n<p>A new Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the Imo State Police Command has been appointed and resumed office.<\/p>\n<p>He is SP Bala Elkana, who takes over from SP Ikeokwu Godson Orlando who has been redeployed to Ondo State Police Command.<\/p>\n<p>During his handing over ceremony, SP Ikeokwu thanked all the pressmen for their cooperation and assistance during his tenure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to thank you all for this rear opportunity of working with you. It has not only been a good experience but also a very rewarding one too, no doubt. I have grown to be a better person through my period in this office.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My consolation is that I am leaving you all in safe hands because I know that the new PPRO is such a wonderful person and would do much better.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I hereby urge you to extend all cooperation and support to the new Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ikeokwu added.<\/p>\n<p>SP Bala Elkana was enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force in 2003. He holds a Bachelor Degree in Law (LLB), Master Degree in Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution (MSC), Master Degree in Business Administration (MBA) among other academic qualifications.<\/p>\n<p>He attended several courses among which are Leadership Training, Detective Course, Community Policing, Trainee Course, Combat Operation Course, Emergency Management Course, Police Relations Course. He is a member of the National Institute of Public Relations and also a member of International Association of Chiefs of Police, A Fellow and ICON of Corporate Institute of Adminsitartion.<\/p>\n<p>He has served the force in different capacities notably: Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Niger, Akwa Ibom and Lagos State Police Commands. He has also received so many awards among which are: &#8211; Best PRO in Nigeria 2020, Best PRO in Africa and Best PRO in Central and West Africa by Security Watch Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the Imo State Police Command has been appointed and resumed office.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":49057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[8610,8611,8612],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-49056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","tag-imo-state-police-command","tag-sp-bala-elkana","tag-sp-ikeokwu-godson-orlando"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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