The Police Service Commission has approved the appointment of a former Deputy Commissioner of Police in Ogun State, Alamatu Abiodun Mustapha.as the new Commissioner of Police in the State .
Alamatu, is among the eight new police commissioners announced by the PSC .
The Head of Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, on Friday said “the Commission approved the appointment and deployment of eight Commissioners of Police to State Commands.”
According to him, the Commission also approved the appointments of seven other Commissioners of Police for different states in the country, while also commending the Acting Inspector-General of Police for being gender sensitive in the appointments.
Titled “PSC Approves Appointment of 8 Command CPs, Commends Acting IGP for Gender Sensitivity, Draws His Attention to 15 Per Cent Geo-political Spread”, the statement reads:
“The Police Service Commission has approved the appointment and deployment of eight Commissioners of Police to State Commands in the Country. The Commission also commended the acting Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun for adhering to its latest policy on gender sensitivity in his recommendation.
“The Commission however expects that the Inspector-General, in his subsequent proposals, will include more officers of North-east and South-east geopolitical zones that are yet to record the benchmark of 15 percent as decided at its last Plenary Meeting .
The newly-appointed State Commissioners of Police are; Godwin Aghaulor, Borno State; Adelesi E. Oluwarotimi, Kwara State; Adebola Ayinde Hamzat, Oyo State; Augustina Ogbodo, Ebonyi State; Samuel Titus Musa, Kebbi State and Aderemi Olufemi Adeoye, Anambra State; Stephen Olarewaju, Imo State.
Meanwhile, there was a wild jubilation in parts of Anambra State on Friday following the announcement of CP Adeoye as the new Commissioner of Police for Anambra State.
Adeoye had served in various capacities in the Anambra State Police Command.
Most people, including some police officers, described him as a superlative crime buster.
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