IGP Baba Deploys Mba, Owohunwa As CPs Ogun & Lagos Commands 

Posted on February 8, 2023
CYRIACUS IZUEKWE 
 
The supremacy battle between the Police Service Commission (PSC), and the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, took another dimension as the IGP ignored PSC and posted Frank Mba and Idowu Owohunwa as new Commissioners of Police (CPs) to Lagos and Ogun Commands.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that it was contained in a statement issued by the Force PPRO, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, from the Force Headquarters in Abuja, who stated that the posting was with immediate effect.
He stated as follows: “Other senior officers deployed include the Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs), Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) and Commissioners of Police (CPs) to Departments, Commands, and Formations in line with his manpower development policy of placing round pegs in round holes”.
DIG Danmallam Mohammed, fdc has been redeployed to the Department of Finance and Administration while the following Assistant Inspectors-General of Police were posted to take up the duties and responsibilities of the Deputy Inspectors-General of Police in charge of the following Departments of the Force as indicated against their names; to DIG Department of Training and Development – AIG Hafiz M. Inuwa, mni; to DIG Department of Research and Planning – AIG Aji A. Janga, mni; to DIG Department of Operations – AIG Adeleke A. Bode, mni. AIG Habu Sani Ahmadu has been posted as Force Secretary while AIG Shuaya’u Lafia Abdulyari assumes office as the AIG in charge of the Force Intelligence Bureau, Force Headquarters, Abuja.”
“Similarly, the following Senior Police Officers have been posted to also take up the duties and responsibilities of the Assistant Inspectors-General of Police in charge of Zonal Police Commands as indicated against their names –
i. AIG Police Mobile Force  –  CP Matthew Akinyosola, mni
ii. AIG Zone 6 Calabar  – CP Jonathan Towuru, mni
iii. AIG Zone 2 Lagos – CP Sylvester A. Alabi, fdc
iv. AIG Zone 11 Osogbo – CP Akande Sikiru Kayode
v. AIG Zone 17 Akure – CP Abimbola Adebola Shokoya
In line with the IGP’s mandate and strategies to strengthen the operational structures of state commands, the Police Boss has equally ordered the provisional posting of the following Commissioners of Police to Commands indicated below pending the approval of the Police Service Commission;
i. CP Adamawa State – CP Adebola A. Hamzat, fdc
ii. CP Ogun State – CP Emeka Frank Mba, mni
iii. CP Taraba State – CP Suleiman A. Yusuf, mni
iv. CP Lagos State – CP Idowu Owohunwa
v. CP Ebonyi State – CP Faleye E.S. Olaleye
The IGP has therefore, charged the newly posted officers to hit the ground running to ensure the mission, vision, and policy statements of his administration are effectively complied with in the areas of crime-fighting, public cooperation, and safety. He also called for support and cooperation from members of the public to enable the newly posted senior officers to perform optimally on their mandate.

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