Matilda Omonaiye/
Two accomplished Commissioners of Police have been designated to head Lagos and Ogun Commands.
According to a recommendation from the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba to the Police Service Commission (PSC) CP Idowu Owohunwa is being posted to Lagos and CP Frank Mba will be redeployed to head Ogun State Command.
According to the authorities, the proposed posting of commissioners of police, signed by the Force Secretary , AIG Hafiz Inuwa is to strengthen the strategic and operational control of the commands.
Owohunwa who hails from Kogi State, 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, he holds a Diploma in Police Strategic Management at the University of Virginia, USA. He is a graduate of the globally recognized FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, USA.
Owohunwa served as PSO-IGP between 2015 and 2016, and as PSO to the immediate past IGP, Mohammed Adamu. He is still Principal Staff Officer to IGP Alkali Baba.
Mba, a lawyer and a member of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), is an alumnus of the University of Dundee, Scotland – United Kingdom, where he earned a Master’s Degree in Law.
An IVLP scholar with a Diploma in Police Strategic Management from the University of Virginia, USA, Mba is a graduate of the prestigious FBI National Academy (FBINA) in Quantico, Virginia, USA.
He holds a Certificate in National and International Security from Harvard University, USA.
He was posted as CP Border Patrol shortly after he graduated from NIPSS (National Insitute of Policy and Strategic Studies).
The resume of the two new commissioners of police is lovely. I wish both of them a successful tour of duty. Kudos to the IGP.