BEVERLY HILLS, October 09, (THEWILL) – Mr Austin Agbonlahor, has been appointed the Plateau Police Commissioner following incessant attacks and killings in the State.
Plateau Command’s spokesman, DSP Terna Tyopev, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Jos.
Until his appointment, Agbonlahor was the Commissioner of Police Department of Operations, Force Headquarters, Abuja.
Tyopev said Agbonlahor replaced Mr Undie Adie, who has been redeployed by the police authorities.
The new commissioner, who hails from Edo, graduated from the University of Benin and he is a fellow of the National Defence College.
He also served as Director of Courses at the Nigerian Police Academy in Wudil, Kano State. Agbonlahor has since assumed duty.
The new commissioner’s resumption comes few days after an attack was carried out by some gunmen on Kiendoro village, Bassa Local Government Area of the state.
Five persons were killed and several others injured and houses burnt down in the attack.
The gunmen attacked Nkiendoro village of Bassa Local Government Area of the state on Thursday night, barely 24 hours after 19 persons were killed in Ariri Village of the same local government.
Among the five who were killed was a member of the Nigerian Army’s special task force, Operation Safe Haven.
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