The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the posting of seven (7) Commissioners of Police to various Commands and Formations across the country.
This information was disclosed in a statement on Friday by the Nigeria Police Force Public Relations Office CSP. Olumuyiwa Adejobi.
Their posting came on the heels of completion of the Senior Executive Course 44 at the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS, wherein senior officers of the Nigeria Police Force featured prominently.
According to the statement, newly posted Commissioners of Police CP Sadiq Abubakar was posted to CP FCT Abuja; CP Frank Emeka Mba, to CP Border Patrol Force, Force Headquarters, Abuja; CP Arungwa N. Udo to CP DFA Force Intelligence Bureau, Force Headquarters, Abuja; CP Bardaru B. Lawal to CP General Investigations, Force Criminal Investigations Department Annex, Kaduna; CP Suleiman A. Yusuf to CP Admin, Research and Planning, Force Headquarters, Abuja; CP Ebong E. Ebong, to CP Admin DFA, Force Headquarters, Abuja; and CP Babaji Sunday to Commandant, Police College Maiduguri.
CP Sadiq Abubakar, the new Commissioner of Police in charge of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, in 1992, as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police.
Abubakar was the Commissioner of Police Peacekeeping Operations and Coordinator Police Special Forces before his nomination for the Senior Executive Course at the National Institute between February and December 2022.
CP Frank Mba, the new Commissioner of Police in charge of the Border Patrol Force, Force Headquarters, Abuja, hails from Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State.
Mba is a Masters’ Degree holder in Law, he enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, in 1992. He was the Force Public Relations Officer before his nomination for the Senior Executive Course at the National Institute between February and December 2022.
The IGP has charged the newly posted officers to hit the ground running in the areas of crime-fighting, public cooperation, and safety.