Anambra insecurity: IGP posts Echeng as new CP

Worried by the unending insecurity in the Anambra State, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba, on Tuesday ordered the immediate posting of a new Commissioner of Police (CP) Echeng  Eworo Echeng to the state to restore peace and order.

This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by the Force Publication Relations Officer, FPRO, Frank Mba, a Commissioner of Police.

According to the statement, the new CP takes over from CP Tony Olofu who has been redeployed to the Force Headquarters, Abuja.

The statement added that the IGP had also ordered the deployment of a detachment of Nigeria Police Special Forces to the state to bolster and complement the ongoing peace-building efforts of Operation Restore Peace in the state.

According to it, the IGP, who is particularly concerned with the renewed incidents of attacks on innocent individuals and symbol of State Authority in the State, ordered the new Commissioner of Police to mobilize both kinetic and non-kinetic law enforcement and crime-fighting approaches to reverse the negative trend, reclaim public spaces from hoodlums and restore public peace in the state.

CP Echeng, who until his new posting, was the Commissioner of Police in charge of Bayelsa State, holds a First Degree in History from the University of Maiduguri.

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