Eighteen Commissioners of Police have been redeployed in what many consider a major shake-up in the police.
The redeployment was with immediate effect, according to the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, who announced the movement on Tuesday.
Those affected included Godfrey Okeke, CP Adamawa; S.L. Gambo, Sokoto; Adisa Bolanta, Imo State; Tonye Ebitibituwa, Kebbi State; Mbu Joseph Mbu, Oyo State; Abdullahi Yaguda. Borno; Olufemi A. Adenaike, Kaduna; and Mohammed Iyanda Sule, Gombe.
Others affected were Dokumor CP (SARS), Force CID; Sunday Ogbonna. CP “C” Department, FHQ; Mgbakor Ogugua, CP Criminal Central Record, FCID Annex, Lagos; Mark A. Idakwo, Provost Marshal, FHQ, Abuja; Y.G. Ardo, CP, MDS “F” Department; Mohammed Ibrahim, CP Special Protection Unit (SPU); Sylvester Umeh, CP Border Patrol; Suleiman O. Lawal, Deputy Commandant, Police Academy, Kano; Idris Faruk Umar, CP Anti-Fraud, FCID; Edgar Tam Nanakumo, CP Inspectorate “E”Department; and Sunday A. Ogbonna, CP Admin “C” Department, FHQ.