Musa Garba, on Tuesday, May 2, assumed duty as the 41st Kaduna State Commissioner of Police.

Garba took over the mantle of leadership from the immediate past Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Yekini Ayoku, who was recently elevated to the rank of AIG and deployed to a higher office.

Addressing newsmen shortly after his arrival, Garba said the people of Kaduna State should expect change and drastic reduction of crime and criminality in the state.

Recalling his experience as a police officer, he said he started his career in Kaduna State, adding that he knew the nooks and crannies of the state.

“I want to assure the people of Kaduna that very soon, they will see a drastic change in terms of security, they will sleep with their two eyes closed,” he said.

The CP also assured the residents of the state that within a short period, they would see and appreciate the security apparatus in the state.

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Garba added that the security of their lives and properties was paramount, while soliciting their cooperation and assistance in information sharing and other possible ways of abating crime.

He tasked the command officers to be prepared for the task ahead just as he called for synergy amongst the security architecture in the state.

Garba, who hails from Zamfara State, is an alumnus of Usman Danfodio University Sokoto and was enlisted into the Nigeria Police as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police on May 18, 1992.

He has held several operational, investigative, and administrative positions in the Force since his passing out from the Police Academy and commissioned as an officer.

His first posting was to Plateau State Police Command where he was the Divisional Traffic Officer in Shendam.

Garba was also in Taraba State as the Divisional Crime Officer in Gembu and Commanding Officer of Police Mobile Force 40 Squadron Jalingo.

At a time, he was the Aid De Camp (ADC) to a former Governor of Zamfara State and served at the State C.I.D.

The CP was also in Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Kaduna Command, Police College Kaduna, and Coordinator Community Policing in Kaduna.

He was also a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Kaduna, Sokoto, and FCT Police Commands.

While in Kaduna, he was DPO Kurmin Mashi and Sabon Gari Kaduna.

The CP was again a Commanding Officer at Police Mobile Force 41 Squadron Damaturu Yobe State.

He was Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of operations in Kebbi State, Area Commander Bori, Rivers State, and Deputy Commissioner of Police Armaments Force Headquarters Abuja.

Until his recent posting to Kaduna, he was the Commandant Police Training School, Ikeja, Lagos State.

CP Garba is privileged to have been a recipient of several awards and a fellow of several institutes, including the International Institute of Professional Security (IIPS), the Institute of Security Nigeria (ISN), the Institute of Criminological Studies and Security Management (ICSSM), and the Institute of Strategic Public Negotiations (ISPN).

The Star