Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Joseph Mbu, who became controversial following the way he battled Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and almost grounded governance in the state, has been redeployed to oversee Lagos and Ogun.
Before his redeployment, Mbu was overseeing Abuja.
The AIG was one of the few AIGS redeployed on Tuesday. Many others retained their positions and postings.
With the redeployment, Mbu now takes over from Umar Manko, who now holds a posting at the Director of Study Group, NIPSS, Kuru, Jos, Plateau State.
A statement by Emmanuel Ojukwu, Force Public Relations Officer states that the Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, charged the AIGs to be more service-oriented in the discharge of their constitutional responsibilities.
The police said the redeployment was as a result of its ongoing reorganisation as well as as to fill some positions left vacant by retirement adding that their redeployment is with immediate effect.
However, Huhuonline.com learnt that there has been grumbling in Lagos following Mbu’s redeployment which many see as connected with the forth-coming elections.
“Looking at Mbu’s antecedents, we are not comfortable. We believe the presidency has sent him here to help prosecute the elections in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),” a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos told Huhuonline.com
“Though Suleiman Abba has told us that 28 officers are affected, if you look at the list critically, you would realise that many of the officers retained their positions.”
He added that the party was studying the situation to know how to go about it.
The affected police officers are listed below:
TAMBARI Y. MUHAMMED retains his seat as AIG ZONE 1 KANO
MBU JOSEPH MBU is moved from AIG ZONE 7 ABUJA to ZONE 2 LAGOS
MOHAMMED J. ABUBAKAR retains his seat as AIG ZONE 3 YOLA
ADERENLE T. SHINABA is moved from his position as CP KANO COMMAND to AIG ZONE 4 MAKURDI
MUSA A. DAURA retains his seat as AIG ZONE 5, BENIN
JOHNSON A. OGUNSAKIN is moved from AIG TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT to AIG ZONE 6 CALABAR
PATRICK D. DOKUMOR is moved from NIPSS, JOS to AIG ZONE 7 ABUJA
CHRISTOPHER T. DEGA retains his seat as AIG ZONE 8, LOKOJA
USMAN AKILA GWARRY retains his seat as AIG ZONE 9, UMUAHIA
BALA A. HASSAN retains his seat as AIG ZONE 10, SOKOTO
IKEMEFUNA R. OKOYE is moved from his position as CP OGUN STATE to AIG ZONE 11 OSOGBO
MOHAMMED J. GANA retains his seat as AIG ZONE 12 BAUCHI
SULE MAMMAN retains his seat as AIG FORSEC FHQ
ADISA B. BOLANTA retains his seat at COMDT POLAC
EDGAR TAM NANAKUMO retains his seat as AIG FORCE ANIMAL BRANCH
SABO RINGIM IBRAHIM retains his seat as AIG BORDER PATROL
WILFRED EJE OBUTE retains his seat as AIG ARMAMENT FHQ ABUJA
KALAFITE HELEN ADEYEMI is moved from CMDT. STAFFPOL, JOS to AIG MARITIME, FHQ
IBRAHIM M. MAISHANU retains his seat as AIG INFO-TECH FHQ
JUBRIN OLAWALE ADENIJI is moved from AIG MARITIME, FHQ to 2i/C FCID, FHQ
LAWAL TANKO is moved from AIG FEDERAL OPS,FHQ to AIG PMF FHQ, ABUJA
BALLAH MAGAJI NASARAWA is moved from AIG INTELLIGENCE to CMDT PSC JOS
YAHAYA GARBA ARDO retains his seat as AIG CTU, FHQ
BUHARI TANKO retains his seat at SPECIAL DUTY FHQ
OLUFEMI A. ADENAIKE is moved from NIPSS, JOS to AIG TRAINING, FHQ
UMARU ABUBAKAR MANKO is moved from AIG ZONE 2, LAGOS to DIRECTOR STUDY GROUP NIPSS KURU, JOS
IRIMIYA F. YERIMA is moved from NIPSS, JOS to AIG.COMMUNICATION,FHQ
MARK ADAMU IDAKWO is moved from AIG ZONE 6 CALABAR to AIG FEDOPS FHQ
