The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu, late yesterday ordered the immediate posting of CP Ahmed Iliyasu to Kano State Command as Commissioner of Police to replace CP Wakili Mohammed, who retired from the Force on 26th May, 2019 after 35years of unqualified meritorious service to the Force and the Nation at large, according to a statement from the Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy Commissioner of Police Frank Mba.
The statement noted that Iliyasu whose posting is with immediate effect had also held command position as the Commissioner of Police in charge of Ogun State Command from 2016 to January, 2019. He is expected to bring to bear his wide policing and law enforcement experience in managing the complex security challenges in the beautiful and ancient city of Kano.
Huhuonline.com learnt from police sources that an uneasy calm reigned at the Bompai headquarters after CP Wakili stepped down as the Kano State police chief, whereas the police high command in Abuja failed to replace him as at close of work on Friday last week. Wakili bows out of the police force on the attainment of 60 years of age in service on Sunday 26th May 2019, leaving the police headquarters empty. With no commissioner in place, there were fears that the security situation in Kano might be compromised with the police high command in Abuja unable to replace him as at the close of work on Friday last week.
The former CP will remain in the sands of time for meritorious service that won the heart of Kano residents in less than 105 days in the state. In his three month service, Wakili extensively dealt with drug peddlers and abusers of illicit substance in the state. Before his deployment from Katsina, Kano was the top destination for hard substance in the country. Most youths and girls, especially housewives were hooked on some form of hard drug or abusing illicit substance.
Available records indicated that Wakili prosecuted not less than 3,000 suspects arrested on drug-related offences in the last three months spent in Kano. About 24 hours after the exit of the celebrated Wakili, the Bompai headquarters of police was yet to be occupied by a substantive commissioner. When contacted on the exit of Wakili, the spokesman of the command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the retirement of his boss and said Wakili had “handed over to the most senior DC” and the “New CP has not yet arrived.”
CP Ahmed Iliyasu, who holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma, was until his deployment, the Force Provost Marshal, Force Headquarters, Abuja. The Inspector General of Police, while wishing the outgoing CP Wakili Mohammed a blissful retirement, enjoined the new CP to up the ante in ensuring effective policing of the State.
