The Inspector General of Police IGP Alkali Usman Baba has decorated AIG Abutu Yaro, Chairman of ENDSARS Police Nigeria Panel, and four hundred sixty-four (464) deserving officer of the Police Officers comprising 13 AIGs and 43 CPs who were recently elevated to various ranks.
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Until his appointment, he was the Edo State 44th Commissioner of Police, a fellow of the National Defence College and a member of International Chief of Police. An alumnus of the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
AIG Abutu Yaro was enlisted into the Nigeria police force in 1988 as a cadet assistant superintendent and has served in various capacities within the Force.
The Inspector General of Police at the decoration ceremony who was ably represented by the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Department of Finance and Administration, DIG Sanusi Nma Lemu reiterates that the continuous identification and promotion of deserving and qualified personnel of the Force remains one of the cardinal agendas of his leadership.
Baba said promotion serves two key purposes in the Nigeria Police as in other organizations, which is, First, it is a reward for service excellence and a motivational initiative, Second, it is a critical administrative instrument for elevating and repositioning competent personnel towards the attainment of our critical internal security mandate.
He noted that the newly promoted officers, will be immediately deployed to critical duty posts where their strength of character and professionalism shall be optimally tested.
IGP thanked President Buhari, the Honourable Minister of Police Affairs and the Police Service Commission for supporting Police reform agenda and aiding in the attainment of human capacity development initiatives.
The decoration ceremony of newly promoted senior police officers took place on Thursday 20th October 2022 at the Force Headquarters Peacekeeping Centre in Abuja with FCT Minister and Governor of Edo State Obaseki in attendance.
Similarly, the IGP has deployed 14 AIGs and 44 Commissioners of Police to various commands and formations in the country, including the newly decorated officers, for effective manpower and security management of the various jurisdictions. The newly posted AIGs include AIG Ayuba E. Ede to Zone 1 Kano; AIG Egbetokun O. Adeolu, mni, to Zone 7 Abuja; AIG Christiana I. Cookey to Zone 11 Osogbo; AIG Adesina M. Soyemi to Zone 4 Makurdi; AIG Friday Eboka to Zone 16 Yenagoa; AIG Ashafa Adekunle to Zone 8 Lokoja; AIG Edward C. Egbuka to Zone 14 Katsina; AIG Olokode T. Olawale to Zone 12 Bauchi; AIG Abutu Yaro, fdc, to Zone 13 Ukpodunukofia-Awka amongst others.
Commissioners of Police deployed to Commands and Formations include CP Mohammed A. Dankwara to Edo; CP Yomi Oladimeji to Nasarawa; CP Okon O. Effiong, fdc to Rivers; CP Faleye E.S. Olaleye to Osun; CP Sule Balarabe to Cross River; CP Benneth C. Igweh to Kogi; and CP Mustapha Mohammed Bala to Abia State Police Command. Others include CP Kenechukwu Onwuemelie, fdc to CP SPU FHQ Abuja; CP Zachariah F. Achinyan, fdc to CP CTU FHQ Abuja; CP Ochogwu A. Ogbeh to CP Legal, FHQ, Abuja; CP Dayo Ariyo to Commandant Police College, Oji River; CP Garba N. Emmanuel to Force Medical Officer, FHQ, Abuja, as well as other highly cerebral Commissioners of Police.
