PSC Approves Peter Opara As New FCT CP

The Police Service Commission has approved  the posting of CP Peter Ukachi Opara as the substantive Commissioner of Police Federal Capital  Territory Abuja.

Opara replaces former CP Benneth Igwe who  has since been promoted  to the next rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police and posted to Zone 7 Abuja as the Zonal Assistant Inspector General of Police.

The new FCT Commissioner was the immediate CP Force Secretary’s office and former Deputy Commissioner, Administration and Finance Imo State Command. He, also, at a time, served as Personal Assistant to former Chairman of the Police Service Commission,  IGP Mike Okiro rtd.

Cp Opara was DCP Legal Studies Police Academy. POLAC, Wudil Kano, Area Commander  Aba and Uyo; Area Crime Officer kubwa, and Senior Deputy Defence Adviser Police, Permanent  Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations, New York.

He was severally Personnel Assistant to Inspector General of Police; DIG works, DIG Operations and Personnel Assistant to CP Lagos State Command.

The Commission has also accepted the recommendation of the Inspector-General of Police, for the replacement of CP Miller Gagere Dantawaye with  CP Festus Eribo as the new substantive Commissioner of Police Akwa Ibom State Command.

Dantawaye was one of the four Commissioners of Police recommended for posting as substantive Commissioners of Police.

CP Festus Eribo, a law graduate of the University of Calabar was at a time Liason Officer at the Police Service Commission and later  Assistant Commissioner,  Federal Operations, Force Headquarters.

He served as Area Commander  Area M, Lagos, Area F lagos  and State CID, Lafia Nasarawa state. He was Area Commander Agodi, Ibadan, Oyo State, Deputy Commissioner, Zonal CID Zone 9 Umuahia and Deputy Commissioner Operations, Kogi State Command.

He was also substantive Commissioner of Police, Taraba State.

The Commission had earlier approved the posting of four Commissioners of Police which included that of Abia, Lagos and Ebonyi States.