Redeployed police chiefs to report within 24 hours

 The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the redeployment of three commissioners of police.

According to a source, the affected police chiefs are David Ajibola Akinremi, Garba Baba Umar and Ado Lawan.

They were deployed to Anambra, Bauchi and Kwara states.

The source disclosed that Umar has been moved from Bauchi Command to Anambra, while Akinremi, who was Deputy Force Secretary, takes over from Umar in Bauchi. 

The source, who disclosed that the officers were ordered by his the Inspector- General of Police, (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, to report at their new posts within 48 hours.  

The source said: “Their posting to these states may not be unconnected to operational and administrative track records. Nobody will forget in a hurry, the performances of Umar, who arrested Kabiru Sokoto while heading the IGP Analytical and Tracking Unit of the Force. Also, as Commander Mopol 19, he did very well in checking the menace of militants in Rivers State."

The source described Akinremi as a seasoned police administrator of repute.

He added: "Akirenmi proved his worth as Area E Police Commander, in charge of FESTAC, Lagos. He was also Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of administration, Zone 5, Benin-City and Imo State Police Command."

Lawan was a former Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of administration, Lagos State Police Command. He was moved to Force General Investigation Department (FGID). He had only recently been promoted to the rank of commissioner of police.

A senior officer in the office of Police Public Relation Officer (FPRO), Mr Moshood Jimoh, who wishes to remain anonymous, confirmed the posting of the police chiefs.