The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the redeployment of eight newly promoted Assistant Inspector Generals of Police (AIGs) to various zonal commands.
The AIGs were among the 684 senior officers promoted by the Police Service Commission on August 30.
According to a statement by the Force Spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, the redeployed AIGs include Mohammed Ali, Fayoade Mustapha, Julius Okoro, and Benneth Igweh, who have been posted as Zonal AIGs of Zones 1, 2, 4, and 7, respectively.
Notably, Benneth Igweh and Fayoade Mustapha, formerly Commissioners of Police in Lagos and Abuja, respectively, are among the redeployed AIGs.
“AIG Sulaiman Mohammed has been posted as AIG Police Accounts and Budget. Among the posted Commissioners of Police are CP Ibrahim Balarabe to CP Western PAP, CP Olabode Adeleye to CP Intelligence FID FHQ, Abuja and CP Felix Oben to Anti-Fraud FCID ANNEX Enugu State,” Adejobi added.
Adejobi added that the eight AIGs and 15 CPs were decorated by the IG.
The decorated CPs are Innocent Ifeanyi Emenari, CP Betty Otimenyin; James Nwokolo; Felix Oben; CP Olusegun Eyitayo; CP Ugobueze Ogbodo; CP Ohagwu Ndukwe; Taylor Olarewaju, CP Sa’adatu Ismaila; CP Olabode Akinbamilowo; CP Regina Udoette; CP Francis Gbiwen; CP Afolabi Olatokunbo; CP Ohiozoba Ehiede and CP Anthonia Adaku Uche-Anya.
Adejobi said the IG advised the newly promoted officers to be good ambassadors of the police.
He said, “The Inspector-General of Police while congratulating the newly promoted officers, reiterates that every one of them is an ambassador of the Nigeria Police Force and charged them to discharge the schedules of their new ranks within the dictates of the rule of law and citizens’ expectations as the Nigeria Police Force keep working towards a safer country for all citizenry.”
