{"id":55552,"date":"2022-01-21T21:11:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T20:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=55552"},"modified":"2022-01-21T21:12:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T20:12:26","slug":"alabi-abiodun-anointed-as-lagos-state-police-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/alabi-abiodun-anointed-as-lagos-state-police-commissioner\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabi Abiodun Anointed As Lagos State Police Commissioner"},"content":{"rendered":"

…as Yobe, Benue also get new CPs<\/p>\n

A new Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command has been appointed by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba.<\/p>\n

He is CP Alabi Abiodun Sylvester, who replaced the former Commissioner Hakeem Odumosu, who has been elevated to the rank of an Assistant Inspector of General.<\/p>\n

The new Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, is a fellow of the National Defence College and a member of Nigeria Institute of Management.<\/p>\n

An alumnus of the University of Lagos where he studied Sociology and a Masters Degree holder from Obafemi Awolowo University, CP Alabi was appointed into the Nigeria Police Force in 1990 as a cadet officer.<\/p>\n

He has served in various capacities within the Force which include, the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Police Mobile Force, Force Headquarters, Abuja; DCP Admin Taraba and Bayelsa Commands respectively, and as DCP Operations, Ekiti State Command before his promotion to the rank of Commissioner of Police.<\/p>\n

Until his recent redeployment, he was the CP Administration, FCID Abuja.<\/p>\n

Similarly, the IGP equally ordered the posting of CP Haruna Gabriel Garba and CP Tajudeen Akinwale Abass to Yobe and Benue State Commands respectively.<\/p>\n

The posting is coming on the heels of the recent promotion by the Police Service Commission, including the Deputy Inspectors-General of Police, six Assistant Inspectors-General of Police and 17 Commissioners of Police.<\/p>

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CP Haruna Gabriel Garba holds a Masters Degree in International Relations from the University of Uyo. He was also appointed as a cadet officer in 1990 and has served in various operational, investigative, and administrative capacities within the Force.<\/p>\n

Prior to his elevation to the rank of Commissioner of Police, he was the DCP SCID, Yobe State Command.<\/p>\n

CP Akinwale Tajudeen Abass, the new Commissioner of Police, Benue State Police Command, was a former DCP State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID) at the Oyo and Ogun State Commands respectively.<\/p>\n

He has also served as the AC SCID, Delta State Command and also as the Area Commander, Area C, Surulere, Lagos State Command, amongst others.<\/p>\n

The IGP has charged the newly posted officers to ensure they consolidate and improve on the gains of their predecessors, particularly in the areas of crime fighting and public safety.<\/p>\n

He further charged the officers to ensure their leadership roles in their new areas of assignment upholds policing virtues of professionalism, respect for rule of law and citizens\u2019 rights.<\/p>\n

The IGP enjoined citizens to render support and cooperation to the new Police helmsmen to enable them effectively deliver on their mandate.<\/p>\n

According to the Police spokesperson, CP Frank MBA, said the posting of the affected Senior Police Officers is with immediate effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command has been appointed by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"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":[18,17],"tags":[7343],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-55552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-crime","category-news","tag-lagos-state-command"],"yoast_head":"\nAlabi Abiodun Anointed As Lagos State Police Commissioner - National Wire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"new Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Commandnew Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Commandnew Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/alabi-abiodun-anointed-as-lagos-state-police-commissioner\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alabi Abiodun Anointed As Lagos State Police Commissioner - 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