Police redeploy newly promoted senior officers

Mr. Leha is now in charge of Operations Department at the Force Headquarters, Abuja.

Soji Bamidele

Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has posted the ten recently promoted and decorated senior police officers.

The police announced the posting on Wednesday in Abuja.

The only Deputy Inspector-General of Police among the newly promoted senior police officers, Philemon Leha, is to head ‘B’ Department – Operations, Force Headquarters, Abuja.

By virtue of his current rank and posting, Mr. Leha becomes a member of the Police Management Team (PMT), a microcosm of the Police Governing Council.

The other Assistant Inspectors General of Police were also posted as follows:

Muktari Ibrahim to Zone 6 Calabar,

Christopher Dega to Commandant Police Academy, Kano

Aliyu Musa to Border Patrol FHQ, Abuja,

Bala A. Hassan to Commandant Police Staff College, Jos

M.J. Abubakar to Zone 10 Sokoto

Tambari Mohammed to Zone 3 Yola

Ibrahim Abdu to Zone 12 Bauchi

Alex Okeke to Police Medical Services, FHQ, Abuja and

Julius Ishola to Police Veterinary Services, FHQ, Abuja