By; RAYMOND TEDUNJAYE, Lagos
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Alkali Baba, has approved the redeployment of Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, to Lagos Command.
He is to take over from Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Hakeem Odumosu who is to resume at the Force headquarters, Abuja.
This confirms the report of New Nigerian Newspaper published on Tuesday on the likely posting of CP Abiodun Alabi to Lagos.
The deployment was contained in a signal issued by the Force Headquarters, signed by the Force Secretary.
Others also redeployed by the IGP were CP Haruna Garba to Yobe Command and Tajudeen Abass for Benue Command.
Alabi, who was until his redeployment the Bauchi State Police boss, was expected to resume at the Lagos Command, Ikeja next Monday, January 24th, to commence work and improve on the security of the state.
Meanwhile, Baba has also directed that Odumosu, who was recently promoted to the rank of AIG, should resume at the Force headquarters in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja for onward redeployment.
Odumosu would be leaving the Lagos Command on Friday and the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) in charge of operations was expected to oversee the law enforcement activities pending the arrival of the new police boss.
In the signal sighted by our correspondent, aside from the two officers transferred, others also redeployed by the IGP were CP Haruna Garba to Yobe Command and Tajudeen Abass for the Benue Command.
Alabi, it was learnt, would be arriving in Lagos on Sunday ahead of his resumption and has concluded plans to hit the ground running towards addressing the security challenges particularly traffic robbery, cultism, and other social vices affecting commercial activities across the state.
