JUST IN: New Police DIGs Get Portfolios

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The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu has ordered the posting of five newly promoted Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIGs) to oversee Departments of the Force.

Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Frank Mba disclosed this in a Friday night statement.

The statement was titled, “Newly Promoted DIGs Get Portfolios”.

According to the statement, the IGP’s order followed the recent promotion of Senior Police Officers by the Police Service Commission.

It further stated that the new DIGs would oversee Departments of the Force whose former heads retired recently after the completion of their service years.

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“The promoted Senior Officers; DIG Usman Alkali Baba, fdc will now head the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID), DIG Ibrahim A. Lamorde, mni – Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB), DIG David Oyebanji Folawiyo, mni – Department of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), DIG Joseph O. Egbunike – Department of Finance and Administration, DIG Dan-Mallam Mohammed, fdc – Department of Training and Development.

“Similarly, AIG Moses Ambakina Jitoboh, mni was redeployed from the Border Patrol Section to Acting DIG in-charge of the Department of Research and Planning.

“The IGP, while congratulating the Officers, who by this promotion and posting, are now members of the Force Management Team, charges them to bring their vast experience and professionalism to bear in their leadership of the Departments to enhance the ongoing reforms and repositioning of the Force,” the statement read in part.

The statement noted that the postings/redeployments are with immediate effect.

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