Inspector General of Police deploys 5 new DIGs

The Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, has approved the deployment of the five newly promoted Deputy Inspector Generals of Police (DIGs) to departments of the force.

The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.

He said the deployment followed the recent promotion of senior police officers by the Police Service Commission (PSC).

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“The newly promoted DIGs and their postings include – Usman Baba, Force Criminal Investigations Department; Ibrahim Lamorde, Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) and David Folawiyo, Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Department.

“Others are Joseph Egbunike, Finance and Administration Department and Dan-Mallam Mohammed, Training and Development Department,” he said.

Mba said Mr Moses Jitoboh, a newly promoted Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) was redeployed from the Border Patrol Section to the Department of Research and Planning.

He said that the IG had congratulated the officers who, by their promotion, had become members of the force management team.

The FPRO said the redeployments were with immediate effect. (NAN)