WITH 48 hours to the off-cycle governorship polls, the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has deployed a new commissioner of police to Imo State.
In a statement released on Thursday, Force spokesman Olumuyiwa Adejobi announced that Danjuma Aboki had been deployed as the new police commissioner in Imo state by the IGP.
Elections are scheduled to be held in Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi States. While the incumbent Imo governor, Hope Uzodimma and his Bayelsa counterpart, Senator Duoye Diri are seeking re-election on November 11, outgoing Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello, has anointed Ahmed Ododo as the candidate for his ruling party – the All Progressives Congress (APC).
There were concerns and allegations raised by organised labour, the opposition and civil society organisations regarding the neutrality of the erstwhile CP, Mohammed Barde.
Egbetokun also “ordered the posting and redeployment of 40 Senior Police Officers to various Commands and Formations in the country.”
The senior officers comprise 14 Assistant Inspectors General of Police and 26 Commissioners of Police and have been charged to help maintain a professionally competent, service-driven, rule-of-law compliant, and people friendly Police Force.
Besides Imo, the IGP also deployed a former commander of the influential Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Tunji Disu, as the new CP in Rivers State.
Disu replaces Nwonyi Emeka, as the new police boss in the oil-rich state. The baton change comes barely three days after youths in the state protested and demanded Emeka’s redeployment.
The protest followed reports that some police officers threatened to kill the State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and shot at him when he went to assess the extent of damage done to the state House of Assembly chambers which got burnt overnight.
Disu’s new appointment came barely seven months after he was promoted alongside 32 others from the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) to Commissioner of Police (CP) and was subsequently appointed by the IGP as his Principal Staff Officer (PSO), leading and coordinating the security team attached to the police chief’s office and others.
News Point Nigeria reports that the move followed the approval of the Police Service Commission.
The AIGs posted and redeployed are:
Zone 7 Abuja – AIG Ogundele Ayodeji
Zone 11 Osogbo – AIG Patrick Edung
Border Patrol FHQ – AIG Badru Lawal
Zone 8 Lokoja – AIG Bartholomew Onyeka
DOPS FHQ – AIG Suleiman Yusuf
FCID Annex Alagbon Lagos – AIG Idowu Owohunwa
Maritime Lagos – AIG Rhoda Olofu
Zone 13 Ukpo Dunukofia Awka – AIG Godwin Aghaulor
ONSA Abuja – AIG Effiom Ekot
CTU FHQ Abuja – AIG Anene Innocent
Zone 16 Yenagoa – AIG Odama Ojeka
Zone 4 Makurdi – AIG Ebong Eyibio,
Zone 17 Akure – AIG Adebowale Williams
Investment FHQ Abuja- AIG Sahabo Yahaya
Similarly, the 26 newly posted/redeployed Commissioners of Police include:
Benue State-CP George Chuku
Jigawa State-CP Ahmed Tijani
Niger State-CP Dan Mamman Shawulu
Gombe State-CP Usman Hayatu
Imo State-CP Danjuma Aboki
Rivers State-CP Disu Olatunji Rilwan
Taraba State-CP Joseph Eribo
Osun State-CP Isyaku Mohammed
Safer Highways FHQ-CP Mohammed Barde
PPP DLS FHQ-CP Polycarp Emeka
Anti-Human Trafficking -CP Shehu Abubakar
Border Patrol FHQ-CP Lawal Ayodeji
Maritime Lagos-CP Emmanuel Agene
Admin Airwing-CP Jude Azuka
Commandant Police College Kaduna- CP Dan Idi
Force Provost Marshal-CP Ibitoye Olajide
INEC-CP Adamu Isa
Procurement DLS FHQ-CP Nwanosike Okocha
PSO to IGP-CP Johnson Adenola
PAP Western Port Lagos-CP Olanrewaju Shola
Int’l Investigation INTERPOL -CP Shelleng Yusuf
SEB FCID Abuja-CP Emmanuel Aina
Info-Tech ICT FHQ Abuja-CP Miller Dantawaiye
Director NPF-NCCC-CP Henry Uche
DOPS FHQ Abuja-CP Vungmoh Kwaimo
Commandant Police College Ikeja – CP Fasuba Olabode.