The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the deployment of four Commissioners of Police to Plateau, Enugu, Nasarawa and Ondo States following interviews to determine their suitability for the new assignments.
The postings were approved at an event held at the Solomon Arase Conference Hall, PSC Headquarters, Abuja.
The newly deployed Commissioners of Police are CP Sunday J. A. Okoebor, fsi, PhD, formerly Commissioner of Police, Police Accounts and Budget, Force Headquarters, who has been posted to Plateau State.
CP Fidelis Ogarabe, former Commissioner of Police, INTERPOL Annex, Lagos, is now the Commissioner of Police, Enugu State, while CP Sheikh Mohammed Danko, formerly of the Force Intelligence Annex, Lagos, has been posted to Nasarawa State.
Also, CP Johnson Ayodeji Babalola, former Commissioner of Police, Special Inquiry, Force Headquarters, Abuja, has been deployed to Ondo State.
The Chairman of the Commission, DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu, affirmed the postings, stating that they were in accordance with Section 215(1)(b) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which empowers the Commission to appoint Commissioners of Police for each state of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory.
Argungu, who was represented by a Board Member, Hon. Justice Paul Adamu Galumje (JSC rtd), said the officers were found worthy in learning and character following the interviews conducted by the Commission.
He charged the newly posted Commissioners to remain impartial, uphold the highest standards of professionalism and live up to the expectations of their new offices.
The Commission urged them to demonstrate integrity and fairness in the discharge of their responsibilities.
