Anambra gets Aderemi Olufemi as new police commissioner

CP Aderemi Olufemi Adeoye has been appointed as the new commissioner of police for Anambra State by the Police Service Commission.

Upon being appointed, CP Adeoye will succeed CP Echeng Echeng, the most recent Commissioner of Police in Anambra, who had just been elevated to the position of Assistant Inspector-General of Police and relocated to Zone 9, Umuahia.

This information was provided in a statement given to journalists on Friday in Awka by Ikechukwu Ani, the head of press and public relations for the Police Service Commission.

Ani claims that the Commission praised the Acting Inspector-General of Police for being gender sensitive in the nominations and also authorized the appointment of seven more Commissioners of Police for various states around the nation.

The statement titled, ‘PSC approves appointment of eight command CPs, commends acting IGP for gender sensitivity, draws his attention to 15 percent geo-political spread’.

The statement reads, “The Police Service Commission has approved the appointment and deployment of eight Commissioners of Police to State Commands in the Country.

“The Commission also commended the acting Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun for adhering to its latest policy on gender sensitivity in his recommendation.

“The Commission however expects that the Inspector-General, in his subsequent proposals, will include more officers of North-east and South-east geopolitical zones that are yet to record the benchmark of 15 percent as decided at its last Plenary Meeting.

“The newly appointed State Commissioners of Police are Godwin Aghaulor, now CP, Borno State Command; Adelesi E. Oluwarotimi, CP Kwara State Command; Adebola Ayinde Hamzat, CP Oyo State Command; Augustina Ogbodo, CP Ebonyi State Command; and Samuel Titus Musa, CP Kebbi State Command.

“Others are Aderemi Olufemi Adeoye, CP Anambra State Command; Stephen Olarewaju, CP Imo State Command and Alamatu Abiodun Mustapha, CP Ogun State Command.

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