IGP Overhauls South- East Security Structures, Appoints New CP For Anambra

The acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Usman Alkali Baba, said he has begun the overhaul of the police structures in Nigeria’s South-east to check the rising insecurity in the region.

In a statement Friday by CP Frank Mba, Force Public Relations Officer, IGP Baba has ordered the posting of CP Christopher A. Owolabi as the new Commissioner of Police in charge of Anambra State Police Command.

Owolabi takes over from CP Monday Bala Kuryas who has been redeployed to the Anti-Fraud Section of the Force Headquarters Annex, Lagos.

According to Mba, the deployment of the new CP is part of the ongoing efforts at re-ordering, overhauling and strengthening the security and policing architecture in Anambra State and other States of the South-East and South-South geo-political zones of the country.

There has been a spate of deadly attacks on security agents in Nigeria’s South-east and South-south which has compounded the security challenges in the regions.

In a similar vein, the IGP has ordered the posting of other strategic and tactical commanders within the zones.

A total of two Deputy Commissioners of Police, 14 Assistant Commissioners of Police and other mid-level officers were affected.

The IGP charged the new Anambra CP to take adequate measures in consolidating and improving on the gains of his predecessor.

He further charged the CP to rejig the security apparatus of the State, harness the full potential of the command – its workforce, assets and stakeholders – in advancing the collective safety of all citizens.

The IGP equally enjoined the people of South-East and South-South zones to cooperate with the Police and other security agencies to enable them succeed in the responsibilities of safeguarding them and the common wealth of the nation.