Aruga Joe Omokaro – Abuja
The Police Service Commission (PSC) this morning announced approval of CP Peter Ukachi Opara as the substantive Commissioner of Police Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja.
The former CP FCT, Benneth Igwe has since been promoted to the next rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) and posted to Zone 7 Abuja as the Zonal AIG.
CP Opara was Personal Assistant (PA) to former Chairman PSC, retired IGP Sir Mike Okiro. He was also Okiro’s PA when Okiro was IGP.
The new FCT Commissioner was the immediate CP Force Secretary’s office and former Deputy Commissioner, Administration and Finance Imo State Police Command. He also at a time served as DCP Legal Studies Police Academy. POLAC, Wudil Kano, Area Commander Aba and Uyo; Area Crime Officer kubwa, and Senior Deputy Defence Adviser Police, Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations, New York.
He was severally Personnel Assistant to IGP Okiro as; DIG works, DIG Operations and when Okiro was Lagos State Commissioner of Police.
The Commission has also accepted the recommendation of the Inspector-General of Police, for the replacement of CP Miller Gagere Dantawaye with that of CP Festus Eribo as the new substantive Commissioner of Police Akwa Ibom State Command.
Dantawaye was one of the four Commissioners of Police recommended for posting as substantive Commissioners of Police.
CP Festus Eribo, a law graduate of the University of Calabar was at a time Liason Officer at the Police Service Commission and later Assistant Commissioner, Federal Operations, Force Headquarters. He served as Area Commander Area M, Lagos, Area F lagos and State CID, Lafia Nasarawa state. He was Area Commander Agodi, Ibadan, Oyo State, Deputy Commissioner, Zonal CID Zone 9 Umuahia and Deputy Commissioner Operations, Kogi State Command. He was also substantive Commissioner of Police, Taraba State.
The Commission had earlier approved the posting of four Commissioners of Police which included that of Abia, Lagos and Ebonyi states.
Spojesman of PSC Ikechukwu Ani confirmed the story this morning.
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