There
are reports that the Lagos State police boss, Fatai Owoseni has been
removed from the commercial hub of Nigeria and transferred far north.
Fatai Owoseni
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police Fatai Owoseni has been removed, according to P.M news.
He has been replaced with the Officer-in-Charge of Inspector-General of Police monitoring unit, Garuba Umar.
Investigations revealed that Umar’s posting to Lagos State to
succeed Owoseni came four days after his promotion to the rank of
Commissioner of Police, Umar, who once served as the Divisional Police
Officer, Ikoyi, Lagos, and Mobile Police Unit 19 Commander in Port
Harcourt, will now take charge of the Lagos State Police Headquarters.
Police sources disclosed that Owoseni has been posted to the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, in Jos.
The IGP, Ibrahim Idris, had on Friday decorated the Force Public
Relations Officer, Don Awunah and eight other promoted senior police
officers with their new ranks.
The newly promoted officers were four Deputy Commissioners of
Police; Bello Ahmed, Don Awunah, Afeez Inuwa and Garuba Umar, who are
now Ag. CPs; Assistant Commissioner of Police Abu Sanni, now an acting
DCP; Adamu Bakore, Kolo Yusuf and Abba Kyari, who are ACPs and
Abdulkareem Abdullahi, now a Superintendent of Police.
After the ceremony, Idris directed Heads of Departments and Zones
to reactivate the reward system for hard work within the Force.
Idris attributed some of the achievements recorded since he assumed office to the collective effort of the promoted officers.
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