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Inspector General of Police
(IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has directed the deployment of new Commissioners of
Police (CPs) to Edo, Lagos, Ogun, and Cross River states.
Also
affected in the new postings are Bauchi, Kano and Akwa Ibom states.
A statement signed by the Force
Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, Thursday night, listed the new CPs and
their commands as follows: Nkereuwem A. Akpan (Cross River); Kenneth Ebrimson
(Akwa Ibom); Imohimi D. Edgal (Ogun); Sani Ahmadu (Kano); Lawal Jimeta (Edo);
Philip Sule Maku (Bauchi); and Odumosu H. Olusegun, who is acting CP, Lagos.
Adamu
charged the new command CPs to build upon the operational gains of their
predecessors, while striving hard to implement the community-based policing
initiative.
The
statement read: “The Inspector General of Police charges the newly posted
officers to ensure the consolidation and improvement on the gains of their
predecessors in the areas of public safety and crime fighting.
“He
also directs the new Commissioners of Police to work with relevant stakeholders
in adopting aggressive, proactive and community based crime prevention
strategies to combat crime in their Areas of Responsibility.”
The Inspector General of
Police also enjoined the citizens of the affected states to accord the
Commissioners of Police maximum cooperation in the discharge of their duties
and the achievement of their mandate. Γραμμή Fintrion
