… CP Adesina takes charge in Ekiti Command
By Hassan Zaggi
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), John Ogbonaya Amadi, has been posted to serve as Ag. DIG Department of Research and Planning, Force Headquarters, Abuja, and DIG representing South-East Geo-political zone.
This is following an order by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba.
This is even as the IGP has also ordered the posting of CP Moronkeji Olusegun Adesina, to take charge of the Ekiti State Police Command as its Commissioner.
The IGP, therefore, charged the duo to put their best foot forward in ensuring top notch delivery of policing services to members of the public, noting that the postings/redeployments are with immediate effect.
A statement by the Force Spokesman, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed that the new DIG, Research and Planning, John Ogbonaya Amadi, hails from Ebonyi State.
The Acting DIG, the statement said, is a versatile police officer, with a Bachelor’s degree in Education (Biology) and a Master’s Degree in Education both from the prestigious University of Lagos.
He has attended several professional courses both in Nigeria, and abroad including the Advance Detective Course, Police Staff College, Jos, and the National Security Course, Police Academy, Cairo, Egypt.
Acting DIG Amadi, that statement said is a member of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), and has held many Command positions including Commissioner of Police at the Railway Police Command, Western Ports Authority, Lagos, and Airport Command, Lagos; Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Maritime, Lagos.
Until his recent posting, the new DIG was a Directing Staff at the NIPSS, Kuru, Jos.
On the other hand, the statement explained that CP Moronkeji Olusegun Adesina, who takes over the duties and responsibilities of the office of Commissioner of Police, Ekiti State Police Command, holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy from the Ogun State University/now Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State, and a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of Calabar, Cross River State.
He is a bonafide member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Virginia, USA.
Prior to his posting as CP Ekiti, he was the CP General Investigations, Force Criminal Investigations Department, Abuja.
