The Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, on Tuesday redeployed 33 Commissioners of Police to Commands and Formations across the country with immediate effect, a move seen by observers as strategic to the coming elections.
The Independent National Electoral Commission on on Saturday announced the shifting of the general elections in the country to March 28 over concerns about security in the North East and unpreparedness of the electoral umpire for the elections with regard to the distribution of the Permanent Voters Cards.
The redeployment of the commissioners which involves movement of many in state commands was contained in a statement signed by Emmanuel Ojukwu, the Force Public Relations Officer, in Abuja.
With the redeployment, Danladi Mshelbwala from the Explosive Ordnance Department moves to Kebbi Command, while Ibrahim Idris of the Police Mobile Force moves to Kano State Command. Musa Mohammed, Usman Abubakar and Olufemi Ogunbayode, all from the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, near Jos, would take charge of Oyo, Jigawa and Zamfara States Commands respectively. The movement takes Salisu Abdullahi of the Special Fraud Unit to Sokoto State command, while Mohammed Usman from the Department of Planning and Logistics, takes charge of Nasarawa State Command. Nyats Jatau from Railway, Lagos, is now Commissioner of Police in Taraba State; Mohammed Mohammed, the Deputy Commandant of the Police College, Jos, moves to Bauchi State and Damilola Adegbuyi from Special Protection Unit, moves to Edo.
Paul Okafor, the CP, Kogi, moves to Bayelsa, Vanletine Ntomchukwu from Bayelsa moves to Ogun and Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi of Interpol moves to Kogi command. Joshak Habila from Counter Terrorism Unit is now CP, Abia. Also in the movement is Shuaibu Gambo from Sokoto State to take over the Counter Terrorism Unit, Force Headquarters and Ademola Omole from Taraba is now Deputy Commandant, Police College, Jos. Waheed Salau, Airport Command to NIPSS, Kuru, Jos, Dorothy Gimba from NIPSS, Kuru, Jos to Airport Command, Foluso Adebanjo from Edo to NIPSS, Kuru, Jos and Agboola Oshodi-Glover from ICT, Abuja to move to NIPSS, Kuru, Jos. A.K. Shodipo, Oyo would move to Special Fraud Unit, Abuja, Idris Umar from Jigawa to Intelligence, Usman Yakubu, Nasarawa to NIPSS,Kuru, Jos and Ibrahim Adamu from Abia to NIPSS, Kuru, Jos.
Lawal Shehu from Bauchi to move to Department of Finance and Administration, Abuja, Tijani Baba from Zamfara to move to Special Protection Unit, Abuja and Ademola Omole from Taraba is now Deputy CMDT, Police Staff College, Jos. Rasheed Akintonde from Intelligence FIB FHQ to move to Interpol FHQ, Ishaku Barau from Kebbi is now Commandant, Police Detective College, Enugu and Sam Okaula from State CID, Delta State would move to General
Investigation, FCID, Abuja. Dibal Yakadi, the second in command, Anambra, to move to Police Mobile Force, Abuja, Haruna Mshelia from National Defence College, Abuja, is now Commandant, Police College, Orji-River, Enugu and Usman Abdullahi, Police Co-operative is CP, Railway Command. Mohammed Mustafa, second in command, Akwa-Ibom, moves to Explosive Ordinance Disposal Unit, Abuja.
