APC kicks as police deploy AIG Mbu to Lagos

The All Progressives Congress(APC) yesterday raised the
alarm over the redeployment of the Assistant Inspector-
General of Police (AIG), Umaru Manko from Zone Two
comprising Lagos and Ogun states to the National Institute for
Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru near Jos. The
police force brought in his FCT counterpart, Joseph Mbu to
replace him.
The two AIGs and their 26 other colleagues were affected the
deployment, according to a statement issued yesterday by the
Acting Force Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu, who
described the postings as part of the on-going re-
organisation. The exercise takes immediate effect.
Reacting to the development, APC spokesman in Lagos State,
Joe Igbokwe at a press briefing at his office in Ikeja, accused
the Federal Government of redeploying Mbu to Lagos for an
ulterior motive.
Igbokwe, who kicked against Mbu’s posting to Lagos, said the
state was ready for Mbu. “Mbu must understand clearly that
this is Lagos. Since Lagos was created in 1967, it has been in
the hands of progressives, not Rivers or Abuja. This a special
state where the best minds live. This is the city of civil
societies and the media. We know his antecedents and if he
brings all those his unbecoming behaviours to Lagos,we will
retire him from the police.
“Mbu is known for some kind of jobs so, it is not in doubt that
those who sent him to Lagos, brought him for a mission. We
are watching, so before they make any move, we know where
they are going. We boldly welcome Mbu to Lagos, but he
should tread carefully. He should be carefull. If he fails to
heed our advice, we will run him down and he will go down if
he tried the threat and abuses he did in Rivers, he will regret
them. If he brings those antics he exhibited in Rivers and
Abuja, he will regret joining the force.
“We know he is not coming to do normal police routine duties,
but we will advise him to drop all those excess baggages he
exhibited in Port Harcourt. He was rejected in Rivers, so if he
comes here to abuse a sitting governor, we will not take it
from him. Governor Fashola is the Chief Security Officer of the
state and if he abuses him, we will run him down. We will tell
him that this is the city of both the electronic and the print
media.
On the redeployment, Mr Ojukwu said the exercise was
necessary after the recent promotions of some senior officers
and vacancies occasioned by retirements.
Consequently, the AIG Zone 7, Abuja, Mbu Joseph Mbu is to
take over the mantle of leadership as the AIG Zone 2, Lagos
while Patrick Dokumor will replace him as the AIG Zone 7,
Abuja.
Other deployments are as follows: AIG Tambari Muhammed
(AIG Zone 1 Kano); AIG Mohammed Abubakar (AIG Zone 3
Yola); AIG Aderenle Shinaba (AIG Zone 4 Makurdi); AIG Musa
Daura (AIG Zone 5 Benin); AIG Johnson Ogunsakin (AIG Zone
6 Calabar); AIG Christopher Dega (AIG Zone 8 Lokoja); AIG
Usman Gwarry (AIG Zone 9 Umuahia), AIG Bala Hassan (AIG
Zone 10 Sokoto); AIG Ikemefuna Okoye (AIG Zone 11 Osogbo).
Others are AIG Mohammed Gana (AIG Zone 12 Bauchi); AIG
Sule Mamman (AIG Force Secretary FHQ); AIG Adisa Bolanta
(Commandant POLAC); AIG Edgar Nanakumo (AIG Force
Animal Branch); AIG Sabo Ibrahim( AIG Border Patrol); AIG
Wilfred Obute (AIG Armament FHQ Abuja); AIG Kalafite
Adeyemi( AIG Maritime FHQ); AIG Ibrahim Maishanu (AIG
Infotech FHQ); AIG Jubrin Adeniji (2i/c FCID FHQ); AIG Lawal
Tanko (AIG PMF FHQ Abuja), AIG Ballah Nasarawa (CMDT
PSC JOS); AIG Yahaya Ardo (AIG CTU FHQ); AIG Buhari
Tanko (Special Duty, FHQ); AIG Olufemi Adenaike (AIG
Training, FHQ).
The rest are AIG Umaru Manko (Director, Study Group, NIPSS,
Kuru, Jos); AIG Irimiya Yerima (AIG Communication FHQ and
finally, AIG Mark Idakwo (AIG FEDOPS FHQ).
While charging the senior officers to bring their experience to
bear on their new postings and be more service-oriented in
the discharge of their constitutional responsibilities, IGP
Suleiman Abba urges the public to partner closely the force in
ensuring improved safety and security.