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JUST-IN: FCT Gets New Police Commissioner

by Ejike Ejike
10 months ago
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JUST-IN: FCT Gets New Police Commissioner
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The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the posting of CP Peter Ukachi Opara as the new substantive Commissioner of Police for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, replacing CP Benneth Igwe, who has since been promoted to the next rank of assistant inspector general of police (AIG).

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The new FCT Police Commissioner was the immediate-past CP, Force Secretary’s Office, and former Deputy Commissioner, Administration and Finance, Imo State Police Command.

He was also at a time a personal assistant to former chairman of the Police Service Commission, IGP Mike Okiro (rtd).

Opara was DCP Legal Studies, Police Academy (POLAC) Wudil, Kano State; 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 a personal assistant to inspector general of police; DIG works, DIG Operations and Personal Assistant to CP of Lagos State Command.

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Spokesperson of the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, said the commission has also accepted the recommendation of the inspector-general of police for the replacement of CP Miller Gagere Dantawaye with that of 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 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 a substantive Commissioner of Police, Taraba State.


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