21st August, 2014
The Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has appointed Emmanuel Ojukwu as the new Force Public Relations Officer to replace Frank Mba who has been redeployed to Lagos State Command as Area Commander of Area J.
Mba was the Force Public Relations Officer from February 2012 to August 2014. Until his new assignment, Mr. Ojukwu, was the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Criminal Investigations Department at Zone 7 Headquarters, Abuja.
The new spokesman is stepping into a familiar terrain as he was the Force PRO from December 2008 to October 2010.
He holds B.Sc degree in Psychology (First Class Hons) from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and M.Sc in Psychology from the University of Lagos. He is a member of Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Chairman Association of Nigerian Authors, Abuja, President of the University of Nigeria Alumni Association, Abuja.
In a brief handover ceremony at the Force Public Relations Department, Mba thanked the IGP for the new assignment given to him and urged the media and the public to extend maximum cooperation to the new spokesman.
Responding, the new Force PRO promised to work to increase the tempo of good relationship between the Police and the public in line with the policy thrust of the Nigeria Police Force. He called on members of the public and the media to grant the same level of goodwill and cooperation necessary for his success in office.
Also, the Police Service Commission has approved the deployment of AIG Bala A. Hassan, formerly AIG from Zone 10, Sokoto to the Force Headquarters as the new Force Secretary.
He takes over from Dan’Azumi Job Doma who was recently elevated to the rank of Deputy Inspector – General of Police. The deployment is with effect from 19th August, 2014.
The appointment of the Force Secretary follows Tuesday’s promotion of 19 new Assistant Inspectors General of Police by the Commission.
Also, the Police authority has assigned positions to the new Deputy Inspectors General with DIG Dan’azumi Job Doma appointed DIG 2i/c to the IGP. DIG Solomon Arase is the DIG in charge Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID), DIG Hilary Opara is the DIG in charge Administration and Finance, DIG Sotonye Wakama is the DIG in charge of Operations, DIG Mamman Tsafe is the DIG in charge Works and Logistics.
Others are DIG Christopher Katso, DIG in charge of ICT (InfoTech), DIG Salihu Argungu, DIG in charge of Training while DIG David Omojola is DIG in charge Research and Planning.