Police set up investigative team, deploys 16 CPs.

Inspector-General of Police,
Suleiman Abba, has constituted a
Special Investigative Team, to
investigate electoral offences
during the forthcoming general
elections.
The team would be headed by the
Commissioner of Police in charge of
the Force Legal/Prosecution
Department.
A statement by the Force Public
Relations Officer, Emmanuel
Ojukwu in Abuja on Wednesday,
said Abba announced this during a
conference he held with
Commissioners of Police and other
senior officers at the Force
Headquarters on Monday.
It stated that the IG reiterated the
preparation and readiness of the
Nigeria Police Force to ensure free,
fair credible and violence-free
elections as well as adequate
security of lives and property
before, during and after the
elections.
The Force urged politicians,
stakeholders and other political
actors to “play the game according
to the rule.”
The statement reads, “The Police
High Command uses this medium
to appeal to Nigerians for calm and
orderliness at the poll while
reassuring them of the Force
preparedness to perform its
constitutional and statutory
responsibilities of providing
adequate security for the nation
and the entire citizenry.”
Meanwhile, the Police Service
Commission has approved the
immediate redeployment of 16 CPs
as part of efforts to reposition the
Force for optimal performance.
Affected in the exercise is the
Command Commissioner of Police
for Ekiti State, Fredrick Lakanu who
has been moved to Ogun State
Command.
Others include, Ibrahim Idris,
( Police Mobile Force, FHQ, Abuja)
now moved to Kano State
Command; Musa Mohammed, from
NIPSS, Jos to Oyo State Command;
Usman Abubakar, from NIPSS, Jos to
Jigawa State Command; Olufemi
Ogunbayode, from NIPSS, Jos, to
Zamfara State Command;
Mohammed Usman, from M.S ‘F’
Dept. FHQ to Nasarawa Command
and Nyats Jatau, from Railway
Command, Lagos to Taraba State
Command.
Also affected by the transfer
exercise are Mohammed
Mohammed, from Police Staff
College, Jos, to Bauchi Command;
Karma Hassan, from Anambra State
Police Command to Rivers State
Command; Joshak Habila, from
Counter-Terrorism Unit, FHQ to Abia
State Command; Salisu Abdullahi,
from Special Fraud Unit, FHQ to
Sokoto State Command; and
Damilola Adegbuyi from SFU, FHQ to
Edo State Command.
Others are Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi,
from Interpol FCID, FHQ to Ekiti State
Command; Dibal Yakadi from
second in command to CP Anambra
State Command; Tonye Ebitibituwa,
CP ‘A’ R&P FHQ Abuja to Cross River
State Command and Danladi
Mshelbwala, CP EOD FHQ, Abuja to
CP Kebbi State Command.