The Inspector General of Police, Acting IGP Suleiman Abba, on Monday released the postings of Commissioners of Police (CPs) to head Police Commands in 21 States.
This followed the recommendation of the Commissioners to the Police Service Commission and its subsequent approval.
Our sources in the police headquarters revealed that a lot of behind the scene pressures influenced the eventual postings of the commissioners with state governors and traditional rulers weighing in witheir influence.
The CPs and their commands are as follows:
1 Cp. Usman Yakubu to CP Nasarawa State
2 Cp. Isaac Gabriel Achong to CP Akwa-Ibom State
3 Cp. Paul E. Okafor to CP Kogi State
4 Cp. Hyacinth M. Dagala to CP Benue State
5 Cp. Idris Faruk Umar to CP Jigawa State
6 Cp. Salihu Garba to CP Kwara State
7 Cp. A. K Shodipo to CP Oyo State
8 Cp. Abubakar Marafa to CP Osun State
9 Cp. Clement O. Adoda to CP Borno State
10 Cp. Kayode C. Aderanti to CP Lagos State
11 Cp. Usman A. Baba, FDC to CP Delta State
12 Cp. Dan Bature , FDC to CP Rivers State
13 Cp. Karma Hosea Hassan to CP Anambra State
14 Cp. Titilayo M. Busari to CP Cross-River State
15 Cp. Valestine U. Ntomchukwu to CP Bayelsa State
16 Cp. Frederick T. Lakanu, FDC to CP Ekiti State
17 Cp. Ademola Omole to CP Taraba State
18 Cp. Olusola Emmanuel Amore to CP Niger State
19 Cp. Adejoh Gabriel Adaji to CP Adamawa State
20 Cp. Ishaku Barau to CP Kebbi State
21 A-g CP. Wilson A. Inalegwu to CP FCT
A-g CP Emmanuel Ojukwu, PSC
Force Public Relations Officer,
Force Headquarters,
Abuja.