Acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the posting of a new commissioner of police, CP Christopher Owolabi to take charge of the Anambra State Police Command. Owolabi takes over from CP Monday Bala Kuryas, who has been redeployed to the Anti-Fraud Section of the Force Headquarters Annex, Lagos.
Frank Mba, a Commissioner of Police and Force Public Relations Officer, said in a statement on Friday, that the deployment of the new CP is part of ongoing efforts at overhauling and strengthening the security and policing architecture in Anambra State and other States of the South-East and South-South geo-political zones of the country.
He said the move is designed to improve the operational efficiency of the commands and enhance public safety and security.
In the same vein, the IGP has ordered the posting of other strategic and tactical commanders within the zones, in which two Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs), 14 Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs) and other mid-level officers were affected.
“The Inspector General of Police charged the new Commissioner of Police   in Anambra State to take adequate measures in consolidating and improving on the gains of his predecessor. He further charged the CP to rejig the security apparatus of the State, harness the full potential of the command – its workforce, assets and stakeholders – in advancing the collective safety of all citizens.
The IGP equally enjoined the people of South-East and South-South zones to cooperate with the Police and other security agencies to enable them succeed in the responsibilities of safeguarding them and the common wealth of the nation”, Mba said.
