…former CP in charge of Kano State, CP Abubakar Lawal, was redeployed over allegations of corruption
juliana Francis
In line with the Manpower Development Policy of the Force, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the posting and redeployment of eight Commissioners of Police to State Commands and Formations across the country for operational and administrative effectiveness.
According to the Force spokesman, Muiywa Adejobi, the newly posted and redeployed senior officers are CP Gombe Command-Etim Oqua Effiom, CP Kano Command-CP Mamman Dauda, CP Bauchi Command-CP Aminu Alhassan, CP CPTU Staff College Jos-CP Babatunde Babaita Ishola, CP XSquad FCID Annex Lagos – CP Mamman Umar Sanda, CP FCID Annex Gombe-CP John Ayuba Babangida, CP Safer Highway FHQ Abuja – CP Akinwale Adeniran and CP DFA FCID Annex Lagos-CP Abubakar Lawal.
Adejobi said: “The IGP has assured the nation that the posting and redeployment of Senior Police Officers, which is regular in order to align with the Force’s policy on strategic human capacity deployment, will further help in driving the IGP’s policing vision targeted at improving policing services across the country. The Force wishes to urge members of the public to disregard false, unfounded, and misleading news being peddled that the former Commissioner of Police in charge of Kano State, CP Abubakar Lawal, fdc, was redeployed from Kano on allegations of corruption. This is to re-emphasize that postings in the Force are a normal routine geared towards strengthening human capacity and knowledge diffusion for the betterment of the Force. The posting and the redeployment of the Senior Police Officers are with immediate effect.”
