The Police has re-deployed seven Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) to various Police Commands across the country. The re-deployment, according to a statement released, Thursday by Frank Mba, Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, was at the instance of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) MD Mohammed and takes immediate effect.
Mba who said the posting of the AIGs was is in line with on-going reforms and restructuring of the Force for better performance and greater efficiency, said that the affected AIGs are expected to assume duty in their respective new offices on or before March 18, 2013.
The affected senior officers include AIG Jonathan Johnson who has been posted to head Zone 6, comprising Akwa Ibom, Cross River and Rivers State Police Commands with headquarters at Calabar, and AIG Christopher Dega, who now heads Zone 8 with headquarters in Lokoja, which comprises of Ekiti, Kogi and Kwara State Police Commands.
Also, Zone 3 with headquarters in Yola and comprising of Adamawa, Gombe and Taraba State Police Commands, now has AIG Mohammed J. Abubakar as its new head while AIG Tambari Y. Mohammed is the new AIG of Zone 9 comprising Abia, Anambra, Enugu and Imo State Police Commands.
Zone 10 with headquarters at Sokoto and covering Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara State Police Commands is now headed by AIG Sule Mamman while Police Academy (POLAC) situated in Wudil, Kano, now has AIG Adisa Baba Bolanta, as its new Commandant
The Inspector-General, while congratulating the officers for their new posting, advised them to be worthy ambassadors of the Force, emphasizing that their new assignment was a call to service that should be discharged with utmost sense of responsibility.
The affected senior police officers are to ensure effective administrative and operational supervision of all commands and formations within their zones, in line with international best practices in law enforcement, the statement quoted the IGP as saying.
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Police Force has established a new Police Command called the Maritime Police Command with its pioneer head given as AIG Mark A. Idakwo. The Maritime Command, according to the statement from the police, would be domiciled at Force Headquarters, Abuja, under the operational control of ‘B’ Department. The new Command, which enjoys the status of a Zone, is a fusion of the Marine Police Command, the Police Ports Authority Command and the Inland Waterways Formation.
According to the statement, the Maritime Police Command is further broken into Western Maritime Command with headquarters in Lagos, the Eastern Maritime Command with headquarters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and the Marine Command with headquarters also situated in Lagos. Each of these subsidiary Commands under the Maritime Police Command is headed by a Commissioner of Police.
The statement said the Maritime Command is charged with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and providing adequate security in the nation’s ports and harbors. The new Command, the statement said, is also saddled with the task of tackling contemporary security challenges such as armed robbery, piracy, kidnapping, gun running and other related crimes in the nation’s creeks, harbors and territorial waterways.
