The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Alkali Baba, has approved the redeployment of two commissioners of police to Lagos and Ogun states.
The affected commissioners are Frank Mba and Idowu Owohunwa.
Notice of their redeployment was contained in a letter dated January 24, 2023, and signed by the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Hafiz Inuwa, addressed to the Chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC).
He wrote: “I am directed to humbly write and forward the proposed posting of the under mentioned Commissioners of Police to State Commands indicated against their names for the Commission’s kind consideration and approval.”
The affected officers are CP Emeka Frank Mba; and CP Idowu Owohunwa.
While Mba, who had served as the Force spokesman and appointed as the Commissioner of Police in charge of the Federal Capital Territory, would be replacing Lanre Bankole in Ogun State, Owohunwa, a former Principal Staff Officer to the IGP, would take over from Abiodun Alabi in Lagos.
The postings, according to the letter, are part of a strategy to strengthen the strategic and operational control of the Lagos and Ogun Police commands.
* The mix up in our earlier story is regretted.
– Editor