Abuja, Jan. 23, 2024 – Kayode Egbetokun, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), has ordered the posting of 54 Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs) to head the intelligence departments at state and zonal levels.
Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Spokesman for the Nigerian Police Force, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday
The IGP said the development was to upscale the intelligence departments of the police force.
He said the posting was premised on the zeal of the IGP to improve and enhance the effectiveness of the intelligence department at every level of the force as a panacea to addressing the crime rate in the country, in line with his vision statement.
The IGP, on assumption of duty, reactivated the Presidential approval to upgrade the Force Intelligence Bureau to the status of a department with the appointment of DIG Habu Sanni, as the DIG in charge of the new Department of Force Intelligence.
“IGP advised the newly appointed senior officers to deploy all intelligence-based assets in combating crimes and criminality in their respective areas of responsibility.
“He further charged them to entrench professionalism and apply their wealth of experience in the course of discharging their duties towards strengthening the already existing intelligence architecture of the Force”.
Adejobi said the posting was with immediate effect. (GBN)
