Southeast Security: IGP Redeploys CP Abutu Yaro to Secure Imo, 5 other CPs Moved

The acting Inspector General of Police Usman Alkali Baba has redeployed CP Abutu Yaro from Zamfara to Imo State as the new Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the state.

According to the Police spokesman, CP Frank Mba, the posting was in furtherance of efforts by the Police leadership towards strengthening security, tackling violent crimes and enhancing optimal coordination of policing operations within the state.

Yaro, a fellow of the National Defence College and the immediate-past Commissioner of Police, Zamfara State Command, has been described as an operationally-minded Cop.

Mba stated: “By this new development, Abutu Yaro takes over from CP Nasiru Mohammed who has been redeployed to Western Port Authority, Lagos.

“In the same vein, Zamfara State Police Command now has a new Commissioner of Police. He is CP Hussaini Rabiu. Other Commissioners of Police affected by the new posting and redeployment are: CP John Amadi, mni who has been posted from Western Port Authority, Lagos to Airport Police Command, Ikeja, Lagos; CP Anderson Bankole who is now in charge of the Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), Ikoyi, Lagos; and CP Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu, posted to the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA), Force Headquarters, Abuja as the Commissioner of Police, DFA.  

“The IGP, while charging the newly posted officers to bring to bear their professional experience in improving policing and restoring public confidence in their new places of assignment, assured citizens of the determination of the Force under his leadership to upscale its operations, improve public safety and tackle all forms of crimes in the country.”