NATIONAL: Oyo gets first female Police commissioner

IGP orders redeployment of 21 personnel

NGOZI Onadeko has made history by becoming the first Commissioner of Police for Oyo State.

She is on the list of 21 police commissioners, which the Inspector-General, Mohammed Adamu, ordered redeployed to new commands and formations on Tuesday.

In a statement by the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Aremu Adeniran, the IGP directed that the redeployments take effect immediately.

According to the statement those affected include CP Adeleke Bode who was posted to Kebbi State; Philip Maku (Special Protection Unit, Force Headquarters, Abuja); Ali Aji (Sokoto); Ohikere Idris (Armament, FHQ, Abuja); Daniel Sokari-Pedro (Commandant, Police College, Ikeja) and John Amadi (Port Authority Western, Lagos).

Others are, Mohammed Aliyu (Enugu); Haladu Musa (Border Patrol, FHQ, Abuja); Sikiru Akande (Cross River); Aliyu Garba (Ebonyi); Abubakar Bature (Airport command); Yusuf Ahmed (Department of Operations, FHQ); Aliyu Alhaji (Adamawa); and Frank Mba (Force Public Relations) and others.