IGP Orders Redeployment Of 18 Police Commissioners

IGP MD Abubakar

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. MD Abubakar, has ordered the redeployment, with immediate effect, of 18 Commissioners of Police to various Commands and Formations of the Force across the federation.
A statement in Abuja by the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, Mr. Frank Mba, said Mr. Abubakar directed the affected officers to ensure effective policing of their new areas of jurisdiction in line with the administration’s reform policies.
“He advised the newly deployed Commissioners of Police to act as agents of positive change and guide against all acts inimical to the fundamental rights of the citizenry,” the statement said. “He enjoined citizens of the affected States to give the new command helmsmen maximum support so as to guarantee their success in their assigned roles.
Of great interest in the deployments, Mr. Abdullahi Yuguda will now be in charge of Borno, while Mr. Olufemi A. Adenaike will be in charge of Kaduna, two States that have been hotbeds of militant violence in recent times.  It was not clear today where their predecessors were being deployed.
Below is the full list of today’s postings:

S/NO	RANK	NAME	TO
1	CP	Godfrey E. Okeke	CP Adamawa State
2	CP	Sunday A. Ogbonna	CP Admin ‘C’ Department FHQ
3	CP	Mgbakor C. Ogugua	CP Criminal Central Record FCID Annex Lagos
4	CP	Mark A. Idakwo, mni	Provost Marshal, FHQ Abuja
5	CP	Mohammed Iyanda Sule	CP Gombe State
6	CP	Edgar Tam Nanakumo, fwc	CP Inspectorate ‘E’ Department FHQ, Abuja
7	CP	Partick D. Dokumor	CP SARS FCID
8	CP	S.L. Gambo, fdc	CP Sokoto State
9	CP	Y.G. Ardo, fdc	CP MSD ‘F’ Department
10	CP	Adisa Baba Bolanta, fwc	CP Imo State
11	CP	Tonye E. Ebitibituwa	CP Kebbi State
12	CP	Mbu Joseph Mbu	CP Oyo State
13	CP	Abdullahi Yuguda	CP Borno State
14	CP	Mohammed Ibrahim	CP Special Protection Unit (SPU)
15	CP	Sylvester A. Umeh	CP Border Patrol
16	CP	Suleiman O. Lawal	Deputy Commandant, Police Academy Kano
17	CP	Idris Faruk Umar	CP Anti-Fraud, FCID
18	CP	Olufemi A. Adenaike	CP Kaduna State

Police Confirms Attempted Jail Break In Edo State, Says No "Explosives" Involved

CP Olayinka Balogun

The Edo State Commissioner of Police, Olayinka Balogun, has confirmed attempts by prisoners at the federal prison Oko in Edo state to organize a prison break.
In a telephone interview with SaharaReporters today, Mr. Balogun said some prisoners attempted to escape from the prison by digging a large hole through a cell wall. According to him, the escapees were overpowered by prison guards at 2 AM Nigerian time.
The police commissioner denied that explosives were used in the attack, but admitted that the fierce gun firing from guards at the prison must have been mistaken for bombs by people around the vicinity of the prison.
Mr. Balogun stated that two inmates have been arrested stating that everything is now under control at the prison.