Afolabi Adeniyi Appointed As Adamawa New CP As Lanre Sikiru Heads X-Squad
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba on Friday named Afolabi Babatola Adeniyi, a Commissioner of Police, as new police chief in Adamawa state.
Force PRO, Mr Olumuyiwa Adejobi, a Chief Superintendent of Police, noted in a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com that Adebola A. Hamzat has also been appointed as Commissioner of Police in charge of the Border Patrol Force, Force Headquarters, Abuja.
The statement noted that this was done as part of the efforts to achieve maximum impact of a community-based and strategic policing on the society, adding that this was also done pending approval by the Police Service Commission.
‘Similarly, CP Lanre Bankole Sikiru, the former CP Ogun State, has been posted to head the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID) X-Squad at its Annex in Lagos State. The IGP has tasked the new CP X-Squad with deploying all requisite assets in ensuring sanity, professional standards and discipline in all ramifications..
The IGP has therefore urged the senior police officers to effectively apply their wealth of experiences to improve existing structural arrangements towards achieving a citizen-focused and a community-oriented policing system. He also called for support and cooperation from members of the public to enable the newly posted senior officers perform optimally on their mandate.
The posting is with immediate effect’ the statement added- Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980. Thank you
