The Police Service Commission has approved the appointment
and deployment of 36 police commissioners in the country.
Their appointment came following a recommendation by the
acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to the commission.
Details of the approval and deployment are contained in a
statement released today in Abuja by the Commission’s Spokesman, Ikechukwu
Ani.
With the approval, CP Mu’azu Zubairu, will take over from
Imohimi Edgal as the new Commissioner of Police in Lagos State.
The Commissioners of Police and the states they are deployed
in are: “Buba Sanusi, Katsina State; Mohammed Wakili, Kano State; Rabiu Ladodo,
Jigawa State; Ahmed Iliyasu, Ogun State; Mu’azu Zubairu, Lagos State; Ibrahim
Sabo, Niger State; Alkassam Sanusi, Taraba State; Garba M. Mukaddas, Adamawa
State; Omololu Bishi, Benue State; Bola Longe, Nassarawa State; Isaac
Akinmoyede, Plateau State; Odumosu Hakeem, Edo State; Olushola David, Bayelsa
State; Adeleke Yinka, Delta State; Austin Iwero Agbonlahor, Cross Rivers State;
Bashir Makama, Akwa Ibom State; Awosola Awotunde, Ebonyi State; Belel Usman,
Rivers State; Bello Makwashi, Gombe State and Abdulrahman Ahmed, Kaduna State.”
Others are: “Bala
Ciroma, FCT; Egbetokun Kayode, Kwara State; Hakeem Busari, Kogi State; Asuquo
Amba, Ekiti state; Galadanchi Dasuki, Imo State; Suleiman Balarabe, Enugu
State; Dandaura Mustapha, Anambra State; Etim Ene Okon, Abia state; Ibrahim
Kaoje, Sokoto state; Celestine Okoye, Zamfara State; Garba Danjuma, Kebbi
State; Abiodun Ige, Osun State; Undie Adie, Ondo State; Olukolu Shina, Oyo
State; Ali Janga, Bauchi State; Damian Chukwu, Bornu State and Sumonu
Abdulmalik, Yobe State.”
According to the Commission, the CPs are expected to proceed
immediately to their new Commands ahead of the 2019 general elections.
The Chairman of the Commission, Alhaji Musiliu Smith,
charged them to quickly settle at their new posts and ensure that the
forthcoming general elections in their various Commands are peaceful, free,
fair and
