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IGP Recommends Appointment Of Frank Mba, Owohunwa As Ogun, Lagos CPs
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The IGP sent a letter to the police commission recommending Frank Mba to be the next commissioner of police in Ogun.
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Besides Mba, the police boss recommended Idowu Owohunwa as Lagos police commissioner.
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The police commission confirmed the receipt of the recommendations and will consider them.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Alkali Baba, has recommended the redeployment of two commissioners of police.
The concerned commissioners are Frank Mba, former police spokesperson, and Idowu Owohunwa.
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The IGP’s recommendations are contained in a letter dated January 24, 2023, and signed by assistant inspector general of police Hafiz Inuwa to the Police Service Commission (PSC).
Frank Mba
While Owohunwa was recommended for posting to Lagos State to replace Abiodun Alabi, Mba would be replacing Lanre Bankole in Ogun.
Spokesperson of the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, confirmed that the IGP made a recommendation on the matter to the commission.
Ani said the commission is expected to consider the recommendation.
“I’m aware that there is a recommendation with the commission from the IGP, which the commission will consider,” the PSC spokesperson told The Cable.
Idowu Owohunwa
According to the letter, the posting was part of the plan to strengthen the strategic and operational control of Lagos and Ogun commands.
“I am directed to humbly write and forward the proposed posting of the under-mentioned commissioners of police to state commands indicated against their names for the commission’s kind consideration and approval,” the letter reads.
“The inspector-general of police is deploying the under-mentioned commissioners of police to strengthen the strategic and operational control of the commands.”
Mba is currently the commissioner of police in charge of the border patrol force, Force Headquarters, Abuja, while Owohunwa was the principal staff officer of the IGP before the recommendation.
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The proposed redeployment comes less than a month before the elections.
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