LAGOS COMMAND HAS A NEW CP, HE IS IDOWU OWOHUNWA • IGP Baba charges him to ‘hit the ground running’
By Oki Samson, Trek Africa Newspaper
CP Idowu Owohunwa
A new Commissioner of Police has been announced for Lagos State Command. This is following the immediate deployment of CP Abiodun Alabi to head the Zone 2 Police Command (comprising Lagos and Ogun state commands). The new CP, Trek Africa Newspaper can report is CP Idowu Owohunwa.
In his press release announcing the development, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi revealed: ‘In line with the IGP’s mandate and strategies to strengthen the operational structures of state commands, the Police Boss has equally ordered the provisional posting of the following Commissioners of Police to Commands indicated below pending the approval of the Police Service Commission.’
Others deployed to head State Commands include: CP Adamawa State – CP Adebola A. Hamzat; CP Ogun State – CP Emeka Frank Mba; CP Taraba State – CP Suleiman A. Yusuf; and
v. CP Ebonyi State – CP Faleye E.S. Olaleye.
‘The IGP has therefore charged the newly posted officers to hit the ground running to ensure the mission, vision, and policy statements of his administration are effectively complied with in the areas of crime-fighting, public cooperation, and safety. 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’, Trek Africa Newspaper can report.
