The newly deployed Commissioner of Police to Ogun State, CP Bashir Dabup Makama, has assumed office in the state on Monday.
Makama is replacing CP Ahmed Iliyasu who was posted to the Force Headquarters in Abuja.
According to a statement signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, Makama was enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force in 1986 as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police.
The new CP according to the release was a graduate of Political Science of Bayero University Kano and has served in various Police Commands across the country in different capacities.
He was once an assistant Commissioner of Police in-charge of operations in Anambra State, he was Area Commander Port Harcourt in Rivers State.
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He also served as Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations in Kano State, as well as Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Special Protection Unit, force headquarters Abuja.
Makama was later posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police in-charge of Administration in Anambra State from where he was promoted to the rank of Commissioner of Police in 2016 and posted to Benue State.
From Benue State, he was posted to Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (FCIID) Abuja as the Commissioner of Police in-charge of Administration and later served as Commissioner of Police Kwara State.
His last point of duty is Akwa Ibom State before his deployment to Ogun State as the new Police helmsman in the state.