IGP deploys ex-Ogun CP to head X-Squad

The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has deployed former Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Bankole Sikiru, to head the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID) X-Squad at its Annex in Lagos State.

The police boss, in a statement by Force spokesman, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Friday, tasked the new CP X-Squad to deploy all requisite assets in ensuring sanity, professional standards and discipline in all ramifications..

Also, the IGP approved the posting of CP Afolabi Babatola Adeniyi to the Adamawa State Police Command as its new Commissioner of Police pending approval of the Police Service Commission.

Meanwhile, the posting of CP Adebola A. Hamzat, has been varied to Commissioner of Police in charge of the Border Patrol Force, Force Headquarters, Abuja.

The police boss explained that the new deployments were part of the force’s effort to achieve the maximum impact of community-based and strategic policing.

“The IGP has therefore charged the senior police officers to effectively apply their wealth of experiences to improving existing structural arrangements towards achieving a citizen-focused and community-oriented policing system. He 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 with immediate effect,” the statement read.

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