The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the posting of Commissioner of Police (CP) Salisu Bello Fago as the new Commissioner of Police for the Niger State Command.
The approval followed an interview session presided over by DIG (Dr.) Taiwo Lakanu (Rtd.) fdc, Chairman of the PSC Standing Committee on Police Matters. He represented the Commission’s Chairman, DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu (Rtd.) mni, psc, NPM.
In his remarks, the PSC Chairman urged the incoming commissioner to remain neutral and to develop a workable strategy to combat crime and maintain peace and security in the state. He recommended intelligence-led and community-based policing as key components of that approach.
CP Fago joined the Nigeria Police Force on June 10, 1994, as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police. He holds a BSc (Ed) and an MCMP, and is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. His professional training includes the Advanced Intelligence Detective Course, the PMF Commanders Training Course and the Tactical Leadership Command Course.
With over three decades of operational and administrative experience, he has served as OC SIB in the Kano and Katsina Commands; AC CID, Katsina Command; AC DOPS, Delta Command; CO 6 PMF, Maiduguri; CO 52 PMF, Chalawa, Kano; AC DOPS, Maiduguri; and DC DFA, Zamfara Command.
He succeeds CP Adamu A. Elleman, who has retired from service.
The information was contained in a statement issued by Torty Njoku Kalu, ANIPR, Head of Protocol and Public Relations, Police Service Commission Headquarters, Abuja.
