IGP orders post of CP Idrisu Dauda Dabban as Commissioner of Police Katsina State

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the posting of CP Idrisu Dauda Dabban, to Kastina State Command as the new Commissioner of Police (CP) in-charge of the State.

The Ag. Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Thursday explained that the posting follows the elevation of the former Commissioner of Police in charge of the Command, AIG Buba Sanusi, to the rank of Assistant Inspector-General of Police.

The new Commissioner of Police, CP Idrisu Dauda Dabban, Adejobi highlighted, was appointed into the Nigeria Police Force as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police in 1990. He holds a master’s degree in Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and has attended several leadership and strategic courses within and outside Nigeria. He has equally served in various operational, investigative, and administrative capacities within the Force, some of which include DCP Operations in Delta and Enugu State Commands, DC SCID and subsequently Commissioner of Police in Kogi State Command. Until his recent posting, he was the CP Communications, Department of Information and Communication Technology, Force Headquarters, Abuja.

Adejobi emphasised that the IGP, while reiterating the commitment of the Police leadership in containing prevailing and emerging crime trends in the State, charged the new Commissioner of Police to consolidate on the achievements of his predecessor in ensuring increased public safety and security of lives and property in Katsina State. He further called on the Government and good people of Katsina State to give the new Police Chief maximum support in his new role.

According to Adejobi, the posting is with immediate effect.