IGP Kayode Egbetokun
IGP Kayode Egbetokun

IGP deploys 7 DIGs, AIGs, tasks them on professionalism

The Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has ordered the posting and redeployment of seven (7) DIGs to various departments following the compulsory retirement of four DIGs and their replacements by the Police Service Commission.

In the posting , DIG Bala Ciroma has been redeployed to head the Department of Finance and Administration, DIG Frank Emeka Mba to the Department of Training and Development, and DIG Habu A. Sani, psc, to head the Force Intelligence Bureau.

Others are DIG Usman D. Nagogo to Department of Logistics and Supply, DIG Daniel Sokari-Pedro, mni, to Department of Information and Communication Technology, DIG Ibrahim Sani Ka’oje, mni to Department of Research and Planning, and DIG Ede Ayuba Ekpeji to head the Department of Operations.

Similarly, the IGP has approved the posting of the following Assistant Inspectors-General of Police to the following Commands and Formations as indicated against their names. AIG Oladimeji Yomi Olanrewaju has been posted as the Force Secretary.

AIG Yekini Adio Ayoku, mni to head the Police Mobile Force, AIG Idris Dabban Dauda, fdc, to Zone 16 Yenagoa, AIG Oyediran Adesoye Oyeyemi, fsi, to head the Police Cooperative, and AIG Benjamin Okolo Nebeolisa, fdc, to AIG Department of ICT.

Furthermore, the IGP charges the newly posted and redeployed senior officers to entrench professionalism in their respective Departments, Commands, and Formations while prioritizing human security and people-centric policing services.