Senator Sampson Ekong, representing Akwa Ibom South Senatorial District, has commended the inspector-general of police, IGP Kayode Egbetukun, and President Bola Tinubu for ensuring the prompt promotion of officers of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).
The lawmaker gave the commendation in Abuja while speaking at the decoration ceremony of the newly promoted commissioner of police (CP), Uduak Otu Ita.
IGP Egbetokun had earlier decorated top police officers at the Louis Edet House, Force Headquarters, Abuja.
While commending the IGP for his leadership role, the lawmaker urged the new CP Otu Ita to continue to justify her promotion.
According to him, “I want to thank President Bola Tinubu for this elevation. This is a vindication of hard work and merit. I also thank the police. Her elevation is a well-deserved one.
“This is the season for women, as we all know, this country is celebrating. We are in a joyous mood because of the glory that women have brought to us. If you watched the Falcons, our young girls, perform in Morocco a few days ago, you will agree that this is the time for women. So, I want to salute our women for their distinction. CP Uduak is a professional who is ready to achieve great heights in her chosen career.
“I am really proud of her. It shows that when you work hard and pray, the sky is your limit. So, on behalf of Akwa Ibom South, I stand here to celebrate an Amazon, a proud daughter of Akwa Ibom State. She is a very consenting grown Nigerian who is indeed a superstar in the Nigerian Police. With her type, there is hope that this country will be repositioned.
“I pray the good Lord will guide the celebrant to succeed even more to climb even higher. She has what it takes to reach the very peak of her profession. I wish her the very best, and I trust that the good Lord who has brought you this far will continue to protect you and make you proud of Nigeria”.
Victor Olaiya, the assistant inspector general of police (AIG) in charge of Zone 7, also spoke anddescribed the promotion as well-deserved.
Olaiya advised CP Ita to continue to make the police proud by performing her duties and attested to her hard work, saying that they both worked together for several years.
According to the AIG, “Today is indeed a historical day. Historical in the sense that in the lifetime of anyone who is in this organisation (Police), it comes once in a lifetime. And that is why it is indeed historic. Yes, we call it exhorted because it only comes from above. That rank is one rank that, when you get there, you can now fly a flag on your official vehicle; that is the dream of everyone wearing this uniform to fly that flag. Finally, she arrived in that position, congratulating Uduak”.
The newly promoted CP Ita praised the police force for the promotion and vowed to continue working assiduously for the betterment of the police and the country.
She said, “I want to give God the glory because it can only be God. The gathering of today is not man-made because God has arranged it. I thank him because becoming a CP is not the making of a man. We started with about 249 or 250, and we lost close to 70, and we are still here standing up. It can only be God, and it is not the way you see it.
“If God has been building something, no man can stop it. So I am joyous because I have people like this standing by me. I can only tell everyone thank you very much for this love, words can never explain the love, it can never express it, and I want to say thank you because it can only be God”.
