Eight States Get New Police Commissioners
The Police Service Commission (PSC) yesterday approved the appointment and deployment of eight Commissioners of Police to state police commands in the country.
On the same day, the acting Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbedokun, summoned to Abuja the policemen involved in the trending video in which a handcuffed middle-aged man in Ekpoma, Edo State, was run over with a police vehicle.
The newly appointed State Commissioners of Police are Godwin Aghaulor, CP Borno State Command; Adelesi Oluwarotimi, CP Kwara State Command; Adebola Ayinde Hamzat, CP Oyo State Command; Augustina Ogbodo, CP Ebonyi State Command and Samuel Titus Musa, CP Kebbi State Command.
Others are Aderemi Adeoye, CP Anambra State Command, Stephen Olarewaju, CP Imo State Command and Alamutu Abiodun Mustapha, CP Ogun State Command.
A statement by the Commission said the Chairman, Dr. Solomon Arase, a retired Inspector-General of Police, said the postings as recommended by the acting Inspector General of Police was on the average, fair and commended the IGP for the inclusion of women.
Arase advised that the acting IGP should consider the disadvantaged geo-political zones while forwarding subsequent proposals for commission’s ratification.
The Commission also commended the acting Inspector General of Police for adhering to its latest policy on gender sensitivity in his recommendation.
The Commission, however, advised that the Inspector-General, in his subsequent proposals, should include more officers of North-east and South-east geo-political zones that are yet to record the benchmark of 15 per cent as decided at its last plenary meeting.
