IGP Disu redeploys AIGs, CPs 

The Inspector General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has approved the redeployment of senior officers across key departments and commands of the Nigeria Police Force to strengthen operational efficiency and enhance service delivery.

The directive, announced on Tuesday in a statement by the Force spokesperson, Anthony Placid, underscores the police leadership’s commitment to improved command structure and strategic personnel deployment nationwide.

According to the statement, several Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs) were reassigned to critical departments. These include AIG Ado Emmanuel to Research and Planning, Force Headquarters, Abuja; AIG Joseph Eribo to the Department of Armament; AIG Miller Dantawaye to the Department of Operations; and AIG Henry Ifeanyi Uche to the Department of Training and Development.

Others are AIG Olanrewaju Peter Ogunlowo to Police Accounts and Budget; AIG Dahiru Mohammed to Zone 15, Maiduguri; AIG Dankombo F. Morris to Zone 4, Makurdi; AIG Bello Shehu to Zone 14, Katsina; AIG Ibrahim Balarabe Maikaba to the Department of Legal Services; AIG Ahmed Musa to Community Policing; AIG Olohundare Moshood Jimoh to Zone 2, Lagos; AIG Simeon U. Akpanudom to FCID Annex, Lagos; and AIG Haruna Olufemi to the Special Protection Unit, Force Headquarters, Abuja.

CP redeployments

The police chief also ordered the redeployment of several Commissioners of Police (CPs) to state commands and other formations.

CP Haruna Yahaya was posted to Jigawa State Command; CP Betty Otimenyin to Welfare, Force Headquarters; CP Olugbenga Abimbola to Oyo State Command; CP Yemi John Oyeniyi to Delta State Command; CP Olubode Ojajuni to Ogun State Command; CP Michael Falade to Ekiti State Command; and CP Yakubu Dankaro to Adamawa State Command.

Others include CP Muhammed Ahmed to the Federal Capital Territory Command; CP Olatunji Fatai to Lagos State Command; CP Morkwap Dongshal to Taraba State Command; CP Ahmed Bello to Zamfara State Command; CP Umar Fagge to Katsina State Command; and CP Hayatu Shaffa Hassan to Sokoto State Command.

In further postings, CP Akan Ezima was named Director, NPF-NCCC, Abuja; CP Abbas Sule to the Special Protection Unit; CP Ajo Geoffrey Ordue to INTERPOL, Abuja; CP Mnwadiogbu Cletus as Deputy Commandant, POLAC; CP Danjuma I. Yahaya to General Investigation, FCID Annex, Kaduna; CP Sheikh M. Danko to FCID Annex, Lagos; and CP Moses Ashu Otta to SWAT, Abuja.

Additional redeployments include CP Abdulrahim A. Shuaibu to Eastern Ports Authority; CP Sarah Ehindero to Administration, FCID Abuja; CP Edwin Ogbegbghagha to Provost, Force Headquarters; CP Preye R. Egbe to INEC, Abuja; CP Adebisi Bola Lateef to Master Printing, Lagos; CP Bolou O. Etete to Community Policing, Research and Planning; and CP Ojugbele E. Adebola to General Investigation, FCID Alagbon, Lagos.

Also affected are CP Fidelis N. Ogarabe, posted to INTERPOL Annex, Lagos; CP Theodore C. Obasi as Deputy Commandant, Police College, Ikeja; CP Eloho E. Okpoziakpo to Special Fraud Unit, Ikoyi; CP Kayode Uthman Magaji to K9, Dei-Dei; CP Markus Ishaku Basiran to Courses, POLAC; CP Mohammed Babakura to Administration, Department of Operations; CP Silas Bamidele Aremu to Safer Highway, Department of Operations; CP Magaji Ismaila to Community Safety and Crime Prevention; and CP Rebecca Uchenna Okereke as Director of Music, Force Headquarters, Abuja.

Call to duty

Mr Disu charged the affected officers to apply their experience and uphold professionalism in their new roles.

“He urges them to maintain the highest standards of discipline and service in the discharge of their duties,” the statement said.

The sweeping redeployment reflects ongoing efforts by the police leadership to reposition the force amid evolving security challenges and increasing public demand for accountability and effective policing across Nigeria.