Nigeria Police asset, Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) will
soon be detached from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID).
The FIB will become a full-fledged department.
President Muhammadu Buhari gave the approval in his capacity
as Chairman of the Nigeria Police Council.
This was contained in a memo signed by the Inspector General
of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu.
The document was made available by PRNigeria
on Thursday.
The Police chief announced that Buhari has ordered an immediate
restructure of the Nigeria Police.
Adamu hinted that after the FIB is excised from FCID, a
Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) will be appointed as the Head.
The IGP said the development is expected to inject
intelligence “to the community policing initiative in addressing the threats
that the dynamics of crime poses to the country”.
Adamu, in the memo titled, “Force Reorganization”, explained
that with the president’s authorization, the NPF now has eight departments.
Buhari also approved the creation of additional five Zonal
Commands.
This is to bring police service closer to citizens in all
parts of Nigeria.
They are Ondo/Ekiti Commands with the Headquarters in Akure;
Enugu/Anambra/Ebonyi Commands with the Headquarters in Awka.
Others are Bayelsa/Rivers Commands with the Headquarters in
Yenagoa; Yobe/Borno Commands with the Headquarters in Maiduguri; and
Katsina/Kaduna Commands in Katsina.
Adamu said: “In order to enhance the capacity of the four
premiere Police Colleges in Kaduna, Ikeja, Maiduguri and Rivers towards meeting
the training and capacity development projection of the Force in relation to
junior cadre officers, Mr. President approved that the status of the
Commandants of the Colleges be upgraded to the rank of Assistant Inspector
General of Police (AIG)”.
He expressed confidence that the development will strengthen
administration, enhance the commitment of staff, and engender a higher level of
discipline and the quality of training at the Colleges.
“These approvals were granted by the President in
furtherance to the need to expand and strengthen the Intelligence Department
towards driving the intelligence-led policing strategy of the Force leadership
and to aid in the entrenchment of the community policing practice as approved
by the Federal Government,” IGP Adamu noted.
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