Also promoted to the same post is Bala Ciroma.

According to a statement issued on Friday by the spokesman of the PSC, Mr. Ikechukwu Ani, the decision was taken at the 21st plenary meeting of the commission.

Ani, in the statement, added that the commission promoted 14 commissioners of police to the post of Assistant Inspector General of Police.

22 Deputy Commissioners of Police were promoted to the post of Commissioner of Police.

The new AIGs, he said, were CP Abubakar Lawal; CP Alhassan Aminu; CP Abdul Umar; CP Shettima Zannah; CP Ebong Eyibio Ebong; CP Adepoju Ayiinde Ilori and CP Okon Okon Effiong.

Others are CP Echeng Eworo Echeng; CP Susan Ukpanukiema Horsfall; CP Bankole Lanre Sikiru; CP Oladimeji Yomi Olarewaju; CP Sani Gwarzo and CP Odama Paul Ojeka.

Ani added: “The 22 Deputy Commissioners of Police promoted to the rank of Commissioners are DCP Abibo Deinma Reuben; DCP Thomas Abraham Nabhoni; DCP Wakil Abdul Salamai; DCP Enyinnaya Inonachi; DCP Ronke Nurat Okunade; DCP Adekunle Ismail Olusokan; DCP Hassan Abdu Yabnet; DCP Festus Chinedu Oko; DCP Aminu Baba Raji; DCP Omolara Ibidun Oluntola; DCP Akoh Benedict Gabriel; DCP Alamutu Abiodun Mustapha; DCP Bafda Magaji Jahun, DCP Ahmadu Tijani Abdullahi; and DCP Mohamned Mu’azu; Others are,  DCP Bretet Emmanuel  Simon; DCP Ihebom M Chukuma; DCP Shettima Mohamned Qurtu; DCP Olatokunbo Maxwell Olabisi; DCP Yusuf Mohammed Lawal; DCP Monica Leo and DCP Abaniwonda Surajudeen Olufemi.

“The commission also approved the promotion of twenty four Assistant Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Deputy Commissioners.  They include, ACP Ezekiel  Ibrahim, Project Monitoring Unit, Force Headquarters, Abuja; Mohammed  Shamsudeen, Assistant Director, OPS, Kaduna (NCCSALW); ACP Khan Salihu Usman, Networking  Admin ICT FHQ, Abuja; ACP Wan Mantu Chongs, Commander PMF 19 Portharcourt; Baba Lawan Audu, Area Commander, Exeter Akwa-Ibom State Command; Okon Etim Asuquo, Department of Operations, Benue State Command; Louis Chike Nwabuwa, Department of Operations, Plateau State Command; ACP  Samuel Osman Onoja, Police College Oji River; ACP Sa’ad Yahaya and ACP Ibrahim  Jibrin, Commanders 76 PMF, Nsukka and 56 PMF Ogoni amongst others.

“The commission also approved the promotion of 39 Chief Superintendents of Police to Assistant Commissioners of Police. They include, CSPs Joseph Udoh; Nze Helen Omeba; Uduaku Isaac Udom; Anthony Francis Etim; Benjamin Kelembus Bello; Abdullahi Idris Abubakar; Ogbonnaya Nwota and Daiyabu Mohammed  Ahmed among others. It also approved the acting appointment of CSP Akande Bamidele to acting Assistant Commissioner of Police.”

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The men, suspected to have been terrorising Ode-Remo of Ogun State, were arrested on March 13, 2023.

The suspects – Habeeb Salaudeen, 24; Ezekiel Jayesimi, 30; Olamilekan Teniola, 22 and Olaitan Sonibare, 25 – were arrested following a distress call received by policemen attached to Ode-Remo divisional headquarters at about 2:30 a.m. that armed robbers numbering about seven had invaded a dwelling house at COTCO Road, Ode-Remo, and dispossesing the residents of their belongings.

According to the spokesman of the police command in Ogun State, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, upon the distress call, the Divisional Police Officer, Ode-Remo division, CSP Fasogbon Olayemi, led his men to the scene.

On getting there, they engaged the hoodlums in gun battle, but the robbers managed to escape in a white Rav 4 car which they came with.

Luck, however, ran against them when they were accosted by policemen at Warewa who stopped them having seen the bullet hole on their vehicle.

The robbers subsequently abandoned the car and ran away.

They were technically trailed to Mushin area of Lagos where four amongst them were apprehended.

They have all confessed to the commission of the crime.

Recovered from them are four I-phones and 13 Android phones.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Frank Mba, has directed that the suspects be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Departments for discreet investigation.

The CP also ordered a massive manhunt for the remaining members of the gang, with the view to bring them to justice.

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The journalist was rescued on Saturday, the spokesman of the police command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said.

The journalist, who was coming from Abeokuta was said to have been kidnapped at Mobalufon area in his Toyota Camry car at about 7:50 p.m.

The kidnappers, the police spokesman said, later called his wife through his (victim’s) phone the following morning and demanded N30 million as ransom.

He said upon the report, the Commissioner of Police, CP Frank Mba directed the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Obalende divisional headquarters, SP Murphy Salami, in whose jurisdiction the incident happened to ensure the safe rescue of the victim.

In compliance with the CP’s directive, the DPO was said to have mobilised his detectives and embarked on technical and intelligence based investigation of the incident.

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Their efforts paid off when the Toyota Camry of the journalist was traced to Idimu area of Lagos, where the kidnappers were hibernating, waiting for the ransom.

On sighting the policemen, the hoodlums engaged them in a shootout which lasted about 45 minutes before they abandoned the car and took to their heels after sustaining varying degrees of gunshot injuries.

The victim’s car which was soaked with the kidnappers’ blood as a result of gunshot injuries was recovered by the police team.

Oyeyemi said having realized that the game was over, the kidnappers were left with no alternative but to abandon the victim, and he was rescued unhurt.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Frank Mba, who commended his men for their gallantry and professional conduct appealed to members of the public especially hospitals and traditional healers to inform the police if anybody with gunshot injury was seen in their area.

The CP also warned criminals to stay away from Ogun State, as the command was ready to take the fight to their door step.

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According to the spokesman of the command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspects were arrested on Saturday.

The suspects – Oshole Fayemi, 60; Osemi Adesanya 39; Ismaila Seidu 30; Oseni Oluwasegun 69 and Lawal Olaiya 50 – Oyeyemi said, were arrested, following an information received by the Police at Odogbolu divisional headquarters, that the gang allegedly responsible for series of corpse exhumation within Ososa community was planning somewhere within the town to carry out another round of human parts harvest.

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The police officer said upon the information, the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Odogbolu division, CSP Godwin Idehai, mobilized his men and stormed the suspects’ hideout where five of them were apprehended.

He said on interrogation, the suspects made confessional statements that they were actually into the business of exhuming corpses from their graves, and that they used to sell parts of such corpses to their standby buyers who needed it for money making rituals.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Frank Mba, is said to have directed that the suspects be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Departments for discreet investigation and possible prosecution.

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The violence was said to have been caused by the difficulties experienced following the cash crunch in the country.

According to the spokesman of the Ogun State Police Command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Commissioner of Police, CP Frank Mba, led the police teams and some military men to tackle the situation.

He said normalcy had been restored.

It was gathered that the protesters who had earlier gathered in front of the palace of the Akarigbo of Remoland, Oba Babatunde Ajayi, set up barricades on major roads thereby disrupting the free flow of traffic.

They later attacked the two commercial banks at Ijoku in Sagamu destroying properties.

A youth leader in the town, Mr Kayode Segun-Okeowo, described the act as a “motivated destruction and not a protest.”

“This is not a protest. I’m a comrade and I understand the ABC of protest. It’s motivated to cause destruction.

“Those behind this must stop,” he told newsmen.

Segun-Okeowo also confirmed that two commercial banks were vandalised by the protesters.

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The suspect was said to have made the confession to the Ogun State Police command during an investigation after his arrest along with his accomplices – Ahmed Odetola (a.k.a Akamo) and Waheed Adeniji (a.k.a Koffi).

According to the spokesman of the police command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement made available to FrontPage on Friday, Adekanbi, who is said to be popularly known as Koroba spearheaded the murder along with the two others.

The reason for the murder, Adekanbi was quoted as saying, was because the deceased for whom he worked as a driver did not increase his salary and did not grant him a loan to purchase a motorcycle.

He said they decided to murder the three persons since they had recognized him, Adekanbi, in the course of the attack.

The statement giving some details about the attack as issued by the police spokesman reads:

“On interrogation, Lekan Adekanbi who has been the couple’s driver since 2018 confessed to being the mastermind of the dastardly act. He stated that he invited the other two suspects Ahmed Odetola (a.k.a Akamo) and Waheed Adeniyi (a.k.a  Koffi), to come and join him in order to rob the couple.

“He confessed further that he took the step because the couple refused to increase his salary, and that he approached them for loan to buy motorcycle, but they didn’t oblige him.

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“He stated further that on that fateful day, himself and his two accomplices waited for the couple to come back from crossover service since he had access to the house and they pounced on them immediately they entered the house.

“When asked why the Alsatian dog in the house did not attack them, he stated that the dog was very familiar with him being the person who always fed it.

“Having got hold of the couple, they forced the husband, Kehinde Fatinoye to transfer money from his account to “Kuda” bank account of Ahmed Odetola, but the transfer failed. It was then Lekan Adekanbi gave the deceased his own Access Bank account to which the sum of N1,102,000 (One million one hundred and two thousand) was transferred at gunpoint.

“Since Lekan realised that his identity had been known through his bank account, he decided with others to terminate the life of the couple, consequent upon which Waheed Adeniyi (a.k.a Koffi) took a knife from their kitchen and slaughtered the husband, Kehinde Fatinoye, while Lekan Adekanbi used sledge hammer he purposely brought for the operation to hit the wife, Bukola Fatinoye, on the head and she died on the spot.

“While the operation was going on, the only son of the deceased, Oreoluwa Fatinoye, and their adopted son, Felix Olorunyomi, walked in and the hoodlums pounced on them too, tied them with rope and drove them to Ogun River Bridge at Adigbe where they threw the two of them into the river.

“Luck however smiled at Felix Olorunyomi when the rope on his hand loosened and he was able to swim out of the river. But Oreoluwa was not that lucky as his dead body was recovered the following day.

“Waheed Adeniyi (a.k.a Koffi) and Ahmed Odetola (a.k.a Akamo) were both apprehended at Ogere on Thursday 9th of February 2023.

“The three suspects who are members of Aye confraternity have all confessed to their various roles in the gruesome and callous murder of the family.

“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of police, CP Frank Mba has ordered the suspects be charged to court as soon as possible.”

The Fatinoyes were murdered on January 1 at their Abeokuta, Ogun State residence.

While the Kehinde Fatinoye was an ex-CBN staff, his wife, Bukola was a staff of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, FUNAAB, Ogun State.

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He takes over from CP Lanre S. Bankole who has been deployed to the force headquarters.

Mba is an alumnus of the University of Lagos, where he obtained his first degree in Law.

He joined the Nigeria Police Force as a cadet officer and was trained at the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano, where he graduated as the best cadet in academics.

According to the spokesman of the command in Abeokuta, Ogun State, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, Mba is a household name within and outside police circle.

He was one time Police Public Relations Officer of Lagos State police Command.

He was also a three times Force Public Relations Officer, and served under three different Inspectors General of Police.

He also served as Assistant Commissioner of Police, State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba, as well as Area Commander in Ajah Area Command, Lagos State.

Mba has attended some of the finest law enforcement trainings within and outside Nigeria.

Notable amongst them are: Countering Violent Extremism and Police Leadership Course at the International Law Enforcement Academy, Roswell, New Mexico, USA,  Strategic Leadership and Command Course; Police Staff College, Jos; Crisis and Disaster Management Course, Galilee International Management Institute Isreal amongst others.

Mba is a Fellow of the Nigeria Institute of Public Relations, NIPR; Fellow, Chattered Institute of Local Government and Public Administration of Nigeria, CILGPAN; Fellow, Chattered Examiners of Criminology and Forensic Investigation inc USA and host of others.

Mba is a member of the National Institute, having successfully completed the Senior Executive Course at the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies Kuru-Jos in 2022.

He is an holder of Bachelor Degree in Law from University of Lagos and he was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2002.

He also has Master’s Degree in Law (LLM) from University of Dundee,  Scotland, United Kingdom.

Until his recent deployment, he was the CP Border Patrol  Force, Department of Operations, Force Headquarters,  Abuja.

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This was made known on Tuesday in a statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi.

According to him, DIG Danmallam Mohammed had been redeployed to the Department of Finance and Administration while the following Assistant Inspectors-General of Police had been posted to take up the duties and responsibilities of the Deputy Inspectors-General of Police in charge of the following Departments of the Force as indicated against their names.

To DIG Department of Training and Development – AIG Hafiz M. Inuwa, mni; to DIG Department of Research and Planning – AIG Aji A. Janga; to DIG Department of Operations – AIG Adeleke A. Bode.

AIG Habu Sani Ahmadu has been posted as Force Secretary while AIG Shuaya’u Lafia Abdulyari assumes office as the AIG in charge of the Force Intelligence Bureau, Force Headquarters, Abuja.

Similarly, the following Senior Police Officers have been posted to also take up the duties and responsibilities of the Assistant Inspectors-General of Police in charge of Zonal Police Commands as indicated against their names:

AIG Police Mobile Force – CP Matthew Akinyosola; AIG Zone 6 Calabar -CP Jonathan Towuru; AIG Zone 2 Lagos – CP Sylvester A. Alabi; AIG Zone 11 Osogbo – CP Akande Sikiru Kayode and AIG Zone 17 Akure – CP Abimbola Adebola Shokoya

In line with the IGP’s mandate and strategies to strengthen the operational structures of state commands, the Police boss, according to the spokesman, had equally ordered the provisional posting of the following Commissioners of Police to Commands indicated below pending the approval of the Police Service Commission:

CP Adamawa State – CP Adebola A. Hamzat;         CP Ogun State – CP Emeka Frank Mba; CP Taraba State – CP Suleiman A. Yusuf; CP Lagos State – CP Idowu Owohunwa; CP Ebonyi State –    CP Faleye E.S. Olaleye.

The spokesman said the IGP had therefore charged the newly posted officers to hit the ground running to ensure the mission, vision, and policy statements of his administration were effectively complied with in the areas of crime-fighting, public cooperation, and safety.

He was said to have also called for support and cooperation from members of the public to enable the newly posted senior officers to perform optimally on their mandate.

The posting is said to be with immediate effect.

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Mr Anjuguri Manzah, the Administrative Officer in the Force Public Relations Department, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.

Adejobi was appointed in acting capacity on February 16 by the I-G.

His appointment followed the nomination of his predecessor, Mr Frank Mba, a Commissioner of Police, CP, for Senior Executive Course at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS, Kuru, Jos.

According to Manzah, Adejobi studied Archeology and Geography (Combined Honours) at the University of Ibadan and holds a Master’s degree in Peace and Conflict Studies from the same university.

Manzah said the FPRO had served as Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Police Command in Ogun from 2008 to 2016.

“He has also served as PPRO, Zone 2 Headquarters, Onikan, Lagos, in 2016 and PPRO, Police command, Lagos State  from  September 2020 to August 2021 before his posting as Deputy FPRO.

“Adejobi has carved a niche for himself in Police Public Relations Management with the experience he has gained serving as PPRO in different police commands and zone for more than a decade,” he said.

Manzah said the confirmed FPRO had also served as Operations Officer (OC) Anti-Bank Robbery and Anti-Pipeline Vandalisation, Sagamu Division, from 2006 to 2008.

“He has served as Administrative Officer, Department of Operations, Police Headquarters, Ogun in 2008 and Operations Officer, Department of Operations, Lagos State command, Ikeja in 2017.

“Adejobi has served as the Directing Staff, Police College, Ikeja and as Personal Assistant to The Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Department of Operations, Force Headquarters, Abuja,” he added.

According to him, Adejobi is a member of several professional bodies and associations, including Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, NIPR, International Public Relations Association, IPRA, and Point Man Leadership Institute, USA.

The new FPRO is also a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, IACP, USA; Society for Peace Studies and Practice, SPSP;, Boys Brigade Nigeria and the Institute of Corporate Administration, Nigeria.

Source: NAN

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The Administrative Officer, FPRO department, Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known in a statement issued on Saturday.

He takes over from Mr. Frank Mba who is going on an executive course at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS, Kuru, Jos.

In the statement, Adejobi is described as an alumnus of the University of Ibadan where he studied Archeology and Geography (Combined Honours).

The statement reads in part: “He also holds a Master’s Degree in Peace and Conflict Studies from the same University. He was the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the Ogun State Command from 2008-2016; PPRO Zone 2 Headquarters, Onikan, Lagos, in 2016, and PPRO Lagos State Police Command between September 2020 and August 2021.

“CSP Olumuyiwa is an experienced communicator and image manager who has achieved great strides in his previous appointments.

“He is a member of several professional bodies and associations which include: Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR); International Public Relations Association (IPRA); Pointman Leadership Institute, USA; International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), USA; and the Institute of Corporate Administration, Nigeria.”

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