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Adamawa gets new CP as IGP moves ex-Ogun CP to X-Squad

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the provisional posting of Afolabi Babatola Adeniyi to the Adamawa State Police Command as its new Commissioner of Police (CP) pending approval of the Police Service Commission (PSC).

The IGP also ordered the posting of Adebola A. Hamzat to the Commissioner of Police in charge of the Border Patrol Force, Force Headquarters, Abuja.

Similarly, the former Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, was posted to head the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID) X-Squad at its Annex in Lagos State.

This was contained in a statement issued on Friday by the Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi.

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Adejobi noted that the posting was with immediate effect.

The IGP, however, urged the new CP X-Squad to deploy all requisite assets in ensuring sanity, professional standards, and discipline in all ramifications.

Baba also charged the senior police officers to effectively apply their wealth of experiences to improving existing structural arrangements towards achieving a citizen-focused and community-oriented policing system.

He also called for support and cooperation from Nigerians to enable the newly posted senior officers to perform optimally on their mandate.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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