May 25, (THEWILL) – The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the posting of CP Okon Effiong to head the Department of Finance and Administration, ICT, Force Headquarters, Abuja.
Force PRO, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement, said the development was part of the ongoing redeployment of senior officers to achieve maximum impact of community-based and strategic policing.
Adejobi said the IGP has also ordered the redeployment of CP Zachariah Fera to Force Criminal Investigation (FCID) Annex Enugu; CP Nwonyi Polycarp Emeka to Rivers State Command and CP Gyogon Augustine Grimah to Cross River State Command.
The postings were with immediate effect.
Meanwhile, the IGP has tasked the Commissioners of Police to deploy all requisite assets in ensuring sanity, professional standards and discipline in all ramifications in their new places of assignment.
He further charged senior police officers to effectively apply their wealth of experiences to improving existing structural arrangements towards achieving a citizen-focused and community-oriented policing system.
The IGP also called for support and cooperation from members of the public to enable the newly posted senior officers to function optimally.
