IGP Deploys New CP To Yobe, Others

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has deployed a new Commissioner of Police (CP) to Yobe State.

The IGP approved the posting of CP Mohammed Bunu to the state while deploying others to different states.

The deployment of the commissioners is with immediate effect.

This was disclosed in a statement on Thursday by CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, spokesperson of the police force. 

"The IGP tasked the Senior Police Officers to proceed immediately to their respective duty posts and take charge of the affairs of their offices, and execute the policing agenda of the Force leadership," stated Adejobi.

The other commissioners deployed to various states included CP Mohammed Usaini Gumel posted to Kano state, CP Garba Musa Yusuf to Kaduna state and Haruna Gabriel Garba to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)- Abuja.

Others include "Tajudeen A. Abass - Delta State Command; Oladimeji Yomi Olarewaju - Ogun State Command; Taiwo Jesubiyi - Ondo State Command; Julius A. Okoro - Benue State Command; Romokere Ibiani - Bayelsa State Command; Garba Ahmed - Zamfara State Command; Hayatu Kaigama Ali - Sokoto State Command; and Aliyu Musa - Katsina State Command".

The IGP further charged the senior officers to instil maintenance of professionalism while upholding the respect for fundamental human rights in officers and men working under their supervision. 

"He equally urged them to adequately engrain community-oriented policing in their various jurisdictions to achieve modern, technology-based, and people-oriented policing services on all fronts," Adejobi added.