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From Molly Kilete, Abuja
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the posting of four Commissioners of Police (CPs) for Enugu, Nassarawa, Plateau and Ondo states, with a call on them to be impartial and to uphold learning and character.
Their appointment, according to the PSC Head of Protocol and Public Relations, Torty Kalu, followed a series of interviews that ascertained their fitness and suitability to undertake the tasks of their new offices.
He listed the newly appointed police commissioners as Sunday J. A. Okoebor (former CP, Police Accounts and Budget, FHQ) to Plateau State; Fidelis Ogarabe (former CP, INTERPOL Annex, Lagos) to Enugu State; Sheikh Mohammed Danko (former CP, Force Intelligence Annex, Lagos) to Nasarawa State; and Johnson Ayodeji Babalola (former CP, Special Inquiry, FHQ, Abuja) to Ondo State.
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Kalu, in a statement, said the Chairman of the Commission, DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu, while affirming the postings, noted that they “are in line with the provisions of Section 215(1)(b) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria which empowers the Commission to appoint Commissioners of Police for each state of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory.”
He said the Chairman, who was represented by Hon. Justice Paul Adamu Galumje (JSC, retd.), a Board Member, noted that from the interviews, the Commissioners of Police had been found worthy in learning and character. He urged them to be impartial and to live up to the expectations of their new offices.
