The Police Service Commission (PSC) has been advised to immediately promote more deserving police officers.
A seasoned security analyst, Mr Folorunsho Atta, gave the advice while speaking with our correspondent on the backdrop of last week’s elevation of the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba.
Mba was promoted from the rank of Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) to Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP). Atta, who the FPRO deserved the elevation, urged the PSC to boost the morale of other officers, who in recent years had helped the force to wage war on criminals and criminality.
He said: “Honestly, the Lagos State Police Command in past three years has witnessed a sharp drop in cases of armed robbery and banditry. There are few officers, who while others are sleeping, are on the streets of Lagos, chasing armed hoodlums.
Officers like Superintendent of Police (SP) Abba Kyari and the Commander of the State Security Outfit, Mr Akeem Olusegun Odumosu, deserve promotion in order to do more for the state and the nation.” Atta said the aforementioned officers had not only proven to be exceptional, but outstanding leaders.
He said that if given the necessary support by the three tiers of government in the country, those calling for state police would surely hold their breaths. “Don’t forget the Assistant Commissioner of Police whose team arrested Kabiru Sokoto.
“The officer, Baba Garba Umar’s exploits while in Mopol 19, Port Harcourt, River State do not only remain in the minds of residents of Rivers State, but act as a lesson to his successor, Mr Braide, a CSP.
“People residing at Aba, in Abia State, would attest to the performance of Dan Kwano who is the Squadron Commander for Mopol 55 in the last 18 months.
“These officers, Braide, Dan Kwano, Mba, Odumosu and Umar, are few ones in the force who carry out their constitutional duties without fear or favour.
They perform their job with great passion and enthusiasm, unlike those who would want to bribe stakeholders in security matters with cow or ram gifts in order not to expose their corrupt tendencies and inadequacies.”
Mba, who hails from Ezimo in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State, enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force on May 18, 1992 as a Cadet Inspector.
He had his training at the prestigious Police Academy, Kano between May 1992 and December 1993, passing out as the ‘Best Graduating Cadet Inspector in Academics’ for his Course and thus winning a special IGP Award.
Thereafter, he was deployed to Lagos State Police Command in January 1994 where his career in policing commenced in earnest.
He was promoted to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) in 1999, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) 2003, Superintendent of Police (SP) 2006, and Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) 2012 and Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) 2014.
A seasoned security analyst, Mr Folorunsho Atta, gave the advice while speaking with our correspondent on the backdrop of last week’s elevation of the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba.
Mba was promoted from the rank of Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) to Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP). Atta, who the FPRO deserved the elevation, urged the PSC to boost the morale of other officers, who in recent years had helped the force to wage war on criminals and criminality.
He said: “Honestly, the Lagos State Police Command in past three years has witnessed a sharp drop in cases of armed robbery and banditry. There are few officers, who while others are sleeping, are on the streets of Lagos, chasing armed hoodlums.
Officers like Superintendent of Police (SP) Abba Kyari and the Commander of the State Security Outfit, Mr Akeem Olusegun Odumosu, deserve promotion in order to do more for the state and the nation.” Atta said the aforementioned officers had not only proven to be exceptional, but outstanding leaders.
He said that if given the necessary support by the three tiers of government in the country, those calling for state police would surely hold their breaths. “Don’t forget the Assistant Commissioner of Police whose team arrested Kabiru Sokoto.
“The officer, Baba Garba Umar’s exploits while in Mopol 19, Port Harcourt, River State do not only remain in the minds of residents of Rivers State, but act as a lesson to his successor, Mr Braide, a CSP.
“People residing at Aba, in Abia State, would attest to the performance of Dan Kwano who is the Squadron Commander for Mopol 55 in the last 18 months.
“These officers, Braide, Dan Kwano, Mba, Odumosu and Umar, are few ones in the force who carry out their constitutional duties without fear or favour.
They perform their job with great passion and enthusiasm, unlike those who would want to bribe stakeholders in security matters with cow or ram gifts in order not to expose their corrupt tendencies and inadequacies.”
Mba, who hails from Ezimo in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State, enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force on May 18, 1992 as a Cadet Inspector.
He had his training at the prestigious Police Academy, Kano between May 1992 and December 1993, passing out as the ‘Best Graduating Cadet Inspector in Academics’ for his Course and thus winning a special IGP Award.
Thereafter, he was deployed to Lagos State Police Command in January 1994 where his career in policing commenced in earnest.
He was promoted to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) in 1999, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) 2003, Superintendent of Police (SP) 2006, and Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) 2012 and Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) 2014.
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