NEW Commissioners are to take charge of Police Commands in Lagos, Kwara, Kogi and some other states.
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the appointment and deployment of 37 Command Commissioners of Police in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
They are to resume in their new commands immediately, the PSC said. Also deployed were Assistant Inspector-General (AIGs).
Their deployment followed the recommendation of Acting Inspector-General (IG) of Police Mohammed Adamu to the Commission.
The PSC, which approved the posting of new Commissioners of Police to Lagos, Kwara, Kogi and other states, revalidated the appointment of others, including the FCT and Borno.
With the approval, CP Mu’azu Zubairu will take over from Edgal Imohimi in Lagos State as CP.
The details of the approval and deployment are contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by the Commission’s spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani.
The commissioners and their new ciommand posts are: Buba Sanusi (Katsina); Mohammed Wakili (Kano); Rabiu Ladodo (Jigawa); Ahmed Iliyasu (Ogun); Mu’azu Zubairu (Lagos); Ibrahim Sabo (Niger); Alkassam Sanusi (Taraba); Garba M. Mukaddas (Adamawa); Omololu Bishi (Benue); Bola Longe (Nassarawa) and Isaac Akinmoyede (Plateau).
Others are: Odumosu Hakeem (Edo); Olushola David (Bayelsa); Adeleke Yinka (Delta); Austin Iwero Agbonlahor (Cross River); Bashir Makama (Akwa Ibom); Awosola Awotunde (Ebonyi); Belel Usman (Rivers); Bello Makwashi (Gombe); Abdulrahman Ahmed (Kaduna); Bala Ciroma (FCT); Egbetokun Kayode (Kwara State); Hakeem Busari (Kogi); Asuquo Amba (Ekiti); Galadanchi Dasuki (Imo); Suleiman Balarabe (Enugu) and Dandaura Mustapha (Anambra).
There are also: Etim Ene Okon (Abia); Ibrahim Kaoje (Sokoto); Celestine Okoye (Zamfara); Garba Danjuma (Kebbi); Abiodun Ige (Osun); Undie Adie (Ondo); Olukolu Shina (Oyo); Ali Janga (Bauchi); Damian Chukwu (Borno) and Sumonu Abdulmalik (Yobe).
