Controversial Rivers Police Commissioner Joseph Mbu removed

The Police Service Commission has announced the removal of the Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, Joseph Mbu. The controversial police officer has been posted to the Federal Capital Territory.

He will be replaced by Johnson Ogunsakin, the commissioner in charge of the Special Fraud Investigations Unit in Lagos.

The PSC also announced the redeployment of several other commissioners, all of them to take effect immediately. See the press release after the cut...


POLICE SERVICE COMMISSION
PRESS RELEASE
REDEPLOYMENT OF COMMISSIONERS OF POLICE
The Police Service Commission has approved the recommendations of the Inspector General of Police for the redeployment of thirteen (13) Commissioners of Police to various Commands nationwide:

s/n	Rank	Name	Present Posting	Posted To
1.	CP	AMBROSE AISABO, mni	PAP LAS	CP KWS
2.	CP	FELIX O. UYANYA, mni	COMDT PCO	CP EKS
3.	CP	JOHNSON OGUNSAKI	CP SFU	CP RVS
4.	CP	ABDULMAJID ALI	CP EOD	CP IMS
5.	CP	BENJAMIN U. ONWUKA	D/COMDT STAFFPOL JOS	CP KBS
6.	CP	IBRAHIM MAISHANU	FHQ	CP OSS
7.	CP	ADAMU IBRAHIM	DFS	CP ABS
8.	CP	ADERENLE SHINABA	FHQ	CP KNS
9.	CP	MBU JOSEPH MBU	CP RVS	CP FCT
10.	CP	UMARU U. SHEHU	CP NAS	CP KDS
11.	CP	A.J. ABAKASANGA, mni	CP INFO-TECH	CP ADS
12.	CP	KALAFITE H. ADEYEMI	FHQ ABJ	CP TRS
13.	CP	IBRAHIM IDRIS	FHQ ABJ	CP NAS

The Chairman of the Commission, Sir Mike Mbama Okiro, equally admonished the newly redeployed officers to put in their best in their various Commands’ operations, so as to provide a secure environment for business and life to thrive.

Ferdinand U. Ekpe
AD(Press)
For: Hon. Chairman
6^th February, 2014