Abia Gets New Commissioner Of Police

A new Commissioner of Police, CP Mustapha Mohammed Bala has been posted to Abia State command, ABN TV reports.

He replaces former CP, now AIG Janet Agbede who has been posted as the new Commandant of the Police Staff College in Jos, Plateau state.

AIG Agbede was among the 465 police officers recently promoted and decorated by the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba.

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Shortly after their decoration last week at Goodluck Jonathan Peacekeeping Hall Force Headquarters Abuja, the IGP also deployed 14 AIGs and 44 Commissioners of Police to various commands and formations in the country, including the newly decorated officers, for effective manpower and security management of the various jurisdictions, Force PRO, Olumuyiwa Adejobi said in a statement.

The newly posted AIGs include AIG Ayuba E. Ede to Zone 1 Kano; AIG Egbetokun O. Adeolu, mni, to Zone 7 Abuja; AIG Christiana I. Cookey to Zone 11 Osogbo; AIG Adesina M. Soyemi to Zone 4 Makurdi; AIG Friday Eboka to Zone 16 Yenagoa; AIG Ashafa Adekunle to Zone 8 Lokoja; AIG Edward C. Egbuka to Zone 14 Katsina; AIG Olokode T. Olawale to Zone 12 Bauchi; AIG Abutu Yaro, fdc, to Zone 13 Ukpodunukofia-Awka amongst others.

Commissioners of Police deployed to Commands and Formations include CP Mohammed A. Dankwara to Edo; CP Yomi Oladimeji to Nasarawa; CP Okon O. Effiong, fdc to Rivers; CP Faleye E.S. Olaleye to Osun; CP Sule Balarabe to Cross River; CP Benneth C. Igweh to Kogi; and CP Mustapha Mohammed Bala to Abia State Police Command. Others include CP Kenechukwu Onwuemelie, fdc to CP SPU FHQ Abuja; CP Zachariah F. Achinyan, fdc to CP CTU FHQ Abuja; CP Ochogwu A. Ogbeh to CP Legal, FHQ, Abuja; CP Dayo Ariyo to Commandant Police College, Oji River; CP Garba N. Emmanuel to Force Medical Officer, FHQ, Abuja, as well as other highly cerebral Commissioners of Police.

The Inspector-General of Police while congratulating the newly promoted officers charged them to bring their vast experiences and professionalism to bear in advancing the fortunes of the Force.