IGP appoints principal officers

• Retains Mba As Police Spokesman

The acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has approved the posting of Hafiz Inuwa, an Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) as the Force Secretary and member of the Force Management Team.  

This was contained in a statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, a Commissioner of Police (CP), in Abuja yesterday.

According to the statement, the IGP also approved the re-appointment of Mba and Idowu Owohunwa, an acting Commissioner of Police, as the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO) and Principal Staff Officer (PSO) to the IGP, respectively.
 
Inuwa takes over from Mustapha Dandaura (AIG), who has been redeployed to Zone-7 Police Headquarters, Abuja.  

Before now, he was the AIG in charge of Zone-13, Ukpo-Dunukofia in Awka, Anambra State, covering Anambra and Enugu states Commands. 

Mba has served as Police spokesman for three IGPs, while Owohunwa was the PSO-IGP between 2015 and 2016.

The IGP has also approved the posting of Idris Abdullahi Abubakar (CSP) as the PSO II to the IGP, SP Isah Abdulhamid as PA-IGP, and Nura Kabir Hanga (SP) as Secretary-IGP, amongst other personal aides. 

The appointments/postings take immediate effect.