Ex-police spokesperson, Mba, six others get new portfolios
Immediate past Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Frank Mba has been deployed to the Border Patrol Force, Force Headquarters, in Abuja, as confirmed by the Inspector General, Usman Baba Alkali, in a statement, issued Friday.
Mba, now a Commissioner of Police (CP), whose deployment follows on the heels his recent completion of the Senior Executive Course 44 at the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), had served as the Police Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters.
According to the statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Odejobe, six other senior officers are also affected in the new deployment approved by the IGP Alkali.
The other commissioners of police involved include: Sadiq Abubakar deployed to the FCT Abuja; Arungwa Udo to the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA), Force Intelligence Bureau, Force Headquarters, Abuja.
Others are: Bardaru Lawal moved to General Investigations, Force Criminal Investigations Department Annex, Kaduna; Suleiman Yusuf to Admin, Research and Planning, Force Headquarters, Abuja; Ebong E. Ebong to Force Department of Finance and Administration (DFA), Force Headquarters, Abuja; as well as, Babaji Sunday deployed to the Commandant, Police College in Maiduguri, Borno State.
The IGP, in the statement, charged the newly posted officers to ‘hit the ground running in the areas of crime-fighting, public cooperation, and safety,’ even as also called for support and cooperation from members of the public to the new police chiefs ‘to enable them to perform optimally on their mandate.’
It would be recalled that, penultimate week, the Police Service Commission ((PSC), approved and confirmed the promotion of 745 senior officers in the force.
The PSC explained that it considered and approved proper placement for five commissioners of police and one deputy commissioner, just as it also treated 14 appeals and petitions and nine Pending Disciplinary Matters from dismissed and serving police officers.
A statement by the Commission’s Head of Press and Public Relations, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, read: “The decisions were some of the highpoints of the 18th plenary meeting of the commission, which ended in Abuja on Tuesday, December 13, and presided over by Commission’s acting Chairman, retired Justice Clara Bata Ogunbiyi, CFR.
“The Commission promoted two deputy superintendents of police (DSP), to superintendents of police, 696 assistant superintendents of police to deputy superintendents of police and 47 inspectors of police to unconfirmed assistant superintendents of police (ASP11). “The newly-promoted Superintendents of Police are: Yusuf S. Bello and Titus Ogboku Obaji while some of the 696 promoted deputy superintendents of police include Ogbu Emmanuel Nwachukwu, Abia State Command; Haruna Hotoro, Ekiti State Command; Ogbe Anthonia, Plateau State Command; Sadisu Oyarekhua, FCID, annex Lagos, and Bala Dambu, Kebbi State Command.
“The Commission approved the proper placement and adjustment of promotion dates of CP Njoku, Henry Eronini; CP Afolabi Babatola Adeniyi and CP Taiwo Olusola Jesubiyi in the CP staff list from 24/03/2022 to 09/03/2022 so as to maintain seniority in the Force. It also adjusted the promotion date of CP Ogundele Ayodeji to 03/06/2021 instead of 09/03/2022. The Commission also adjusted the confirmation date of DCP Nwonyi Polycap Emeka to read 07/12/2018 instead of 29/09/2020. “The Commission approved the reduction in rank of four police officers and gave six others punishment of severe reprimand. It reinstated six officers, retired two in public interest, promoted one, DCP Emmanuel Eze to CP and retired him. It reviewed the punishment of reduction in rank of Inspector Falade Kayode, exonerated him and restored his rank of ASP.”
