As part of efforts aimed at rejigging the fight against armed banditry, kidnapping and other sundry crimes across the nation, particularly in Kaduna and other contiguous States, the Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate redeployment of the Commissioner of Police Kaduna Command, (CP) Ahmed Abdulrahaman from the State to the Force Intelligence Bureau, Force Headquarters, Abuja.
A statement issued on Wednesday by Force Public Relations Officer Frank Mba, noted that CP Aji Ali Janga, who until now was the Commissioner of Police in charge of Bauchi State, takes over as the new helmsman in Kaduna Command.
Other Commissioners of Police affected by the recent redeployment exercise included: CP Habu Sani Ahmadu, former CP Intelligence, who is now posted to Bauchi Command; CP Omololu Shamsudeen Bishi redeployed from Benue State Police Command to the Central Criminal Registry (CCR), Alagbon Lagos. CP Mukadas Mohammed Garba was moved from the Office of the National Security Adviser to Benue State Command as the new Commissioner of Police in charge of the State, while the erstwhile CP in charge of CCR Alagbon, Lagos has now been moved to Force Headquarters, Abuja as the CP in charge of Armament.
Meanwhile, the IGP has charged the newly posted/redeployed Commissioners of Police and other strategic commanders nationwide to take urgent steps towards initiating and implementing concrete crime prevention strategies aimed at re-dominating and reclaiming the public space under their watch from the activities of monstrous criminal elements in society.
The postings take immediate effect, the statement added.
By Innocent Odoh,Abuja
