IGP Baba Appoints John Ogbonaya Amadi Ag, DIG Research & Planning
…As CP Moronkeji Adesina takes charge in Ekiti State
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba, has directed the posting of Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) John Ogbonaya Amadi, Acting Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Department of Research and Planning, Force Headquarters, Abuja.
The Acting DIG is also to represent the South-East Geo-political zone.
Similarly, the IGP has directed the posting of CP Moronkeji Olusegun Adesina, as Commissioner of Police in charge of Ekiti State Police Command.
A statement by the Acting Force Public Relations Officer, CSP states that the new Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Research and Planning, Ag. DIG John Ogbonaya Amadi, who hails from Ebonyi State, is a versatile police officer, with a Bachelor’s degree in Education (Biology) and a Master’s Degree in Education both from the prestigious University of Lagos.
Amadi attended several professional courses both in Nigeria, and abroad that include the Advance Detective Course, Police Staff College, Jos, and the National Security Course, Police Academy, Cairo, Egypt.
Acting DIG Amadi, who is a member of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), has held many Command positions including as Commissioner of Police at the Railway Police Command, Western Ports Authority, Lagos, and Airport Command, Lagos; Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Maritime, Lagos. Until his recent posting, he was a Directing Staff at the NIPSS, Kuru, Jos.
Similarly, CP Moronkeji Olusegun Adesina, who takes over the duties and responsibilities of the office of Commissioner of Police, Ekiti State Police Command, holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy from the Ogun State University/now Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State, and a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of Calabar, Cross River State.
Adesina is a bonafide member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Virginia, USA. Prior to his posting as CP Ekiti, he was the CP General Investigations, Force Criminal Investigations Department, Abuja.
IGP Baba charged the senior officers to put their best foot forward in ensuring top notch delivery of policing services to members of the public.
The statement by the spokesman of the Police further said that the postings and redeployment are with immediate effect.
