IG Deploys CPs In 21 State Commands

The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has deployed
the newly promoted Commissioners of Police to head Police Commands in
21 States.

This followed the recommendation of the CPs to the Police Service
Commission and its subsequent approval.

The CPs are Usman Yakubu who would now head Nasarawa State Police
Command; Isaac Achong, CP, Akwa-Ibom; Paul Okafor, Kogi; Hyacinth
Dagala, Benue; Farouk Umar, Jigawa; Salihu Garba, Kwara and A.
Shodipo, Oyo State.

Others are Abubakar Marafa, Osun; Clement Adoda, Borno; Kayode
Aderanti, Lagos; Usman Baba, Delta; Dan Bature, Rivers; Karma Hassan,
Anambra; Titilayo Busari, Cross River; Valentine Ntomchukwu; Bayelsa;
Frederick Lakanu, Ekiti; and Ademola Omole, Taraba.

Also affected by the deployment were Olusola Amore, Niger, Adejoh
Adaji, Adamawa, Ishaku Barau, Kebbi and Acting CP, Wilson Inalegwu,
FCT.

Meanwhile, the IG has ordered a thorough investigation into the death
of the Vice Chairman, Sun Newspapers, Dimgba Igwe, who was killed by a
hit-and-run driver in Lagos on Saturday.

While recalling the many worthy contributions of the late journalist
to nation-building, the IG expressed deep regrets over the incident
and condoled with his family.

He noted that Igwe died at a time when his "highly cerebral ideas and
ingenuity are very much needed in the country."

A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu, on
Monday in Abuja, said Abba, assured Nigerians that the Police would
intensify investigation in the circumstances surrounding the veteran
journalist's death.