IGP strengthens Intelligence dept, orders posting of 54 ACPs to consolidate internal security

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun, in strengthening the intelligence department of the Police Force, ordered the posting of Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs) to head the Intelligence Department of the Force at Zonal and State Commands across the country.

The Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Tuesday:-

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INTERNAL SECURITY: IGP UPSCALES INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT, ORDERS POSTING OF 54 ACPs TO COMMANDS NATIONWIDE

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indicated that:
“In furtherance of the upscale of the intelligence department of the Police Force, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D, NPM has ordered the posting of Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs) to head the Intelligence Department of the Force at Zonal and State Commands level Nationwide.

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“The posting is premised on the zeal of the IGP to improve and enhance the effectiveness of the Intelligence Department at every level of the Force as a panacea to addressing the crime rate in the country, in line with his vision statement.”

The FPRO further stated:

“It will be recalled that the IGP on assumption of duty reactivated the Presidential approval to upgrade the Force Intelligence Bureau to the status of a Department with the appointment of DIG Habu Sanni, as the DIG in charge of the new Department of Force Intelligence.

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“The IGP has, however, tasked the newly appointed Senior Officers to deploy all intelligence-based assets in combating crimes and criminality in their respective areas of responsibility. He has further charged them to entrench professionalism and apply their wealth of experience in the course of discharging their duties towards strengthening the already existing intelligence architecture of the Force

“The posting is with immediate effect.”