IGP Makes New Appointments, Removes Secretary, Retains Mba |The Source

Excludes Women

The newly appointed Acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has, as they say, hit the ground running. 48 hours after his appointment, he has made a new appointment to the Police Management Team.

The new entrant is AIG Hafiz Inuwa, mni, who was appointed the new Force Secretary, which, automatically, makes him a member of the Management Team.

The Police Management Team is made up of the IGP, the Deputy Inspectors General of Police, and the Force Secretary. For the  records, it is an all men affair, as no woman police officer is a member of this team.

Another high point of the appointments is the re-appointment of CP Frank Mba, as the Force Public Relations Officer, FPRO.  Ag. CP Idowu Owohunwa is the new Principal Staff Officer (PSO) to the IGP respectively, a high profile office.

According to a Press Release signed by Mba,  the new Force Secretary, Inuwa, takes over from AIG Mustapha Dandaura who has been redeployed to Zone-7 Police Headquarters, Abuja. AIG Inuwa holds a Masters degree in Public Policy and Administration (MPPA). Prior to his appointment as the Force Secretary, he was the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone-13 Ukpo -Dunukofia in Awka, Anambra State, covering Anambra and Enugu State Police Commands. He had, also previously served as the Commissioner of Police in charge of Delta and Cross River States, amongst other strategic positions. He is a member of the  National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPPS), Kuru, Jos.

CP Mba, a lawyer and a member of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), is also an alumnus of the University of Dundee, Scotland – United Kingdom, where he earned a Master’s Degree in Law. An IVLP scholar, he holds a Diploma in Police Strategic Management from the University of Virginia, USA and a graduate of the prestigious FBI National Academy (FBINA) in Quantico, Virginia, USA. He also holds a Certificate in National and International Security from Harvard University, USA. A veteran Public Relations (PR) practitioner, he is being re-appointed as the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO) and the Image-maker for the Nigeria Police Force for the third time.

Ag. CP Owohunwa, the newly re-appointed Principal Staff Officer to the Inspector General of Police (PSO-IGP), holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Studies from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and a Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies and Policing from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom. A Chevening Scholar, Ag. CP Owohunwa also holds a Diploma in Police Strategic Management at the University of Virginia, USA and a graduate of the globally recognized FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, USA.

Ag. CP Owohunwa was the PSO-IGP between 2015 and 2016, and to the immediate past Inspector General of Police. This re-appointment marks the third time he is holding the position as the Principal Staff Officer to the Inspector-General of Police.

In a similar vein, the IGP has ordered the posting of the following officers; CSP Idris Abdullahi Abubakar as the PSO II to the IGP, SP Isah Abdulhamid as PA-IGP, SP Nura Kabir Hanga as Secretary – IGP, amongst other personal aides.

The appointments/postings of the Senior Officers and personal aides take immediate effect.