By Michael Ofulue

The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the posting of AIG Oyebanji Folawiyo, as the new AIG in charge of zone 17, comprising Ondo and Ekiti States.
A statement by the force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, said the IGP approved the redeployment of senior Police Officers in a massive shake up.
According to Mba, the redeployment followed the recent presidential approval for the reorganization of the Nigeria Police Force, which include the creation of an additional department, Directorate of Intelligence, including expansion of the Police zonal structure from 12 to 17 and the creation of two additional Force Criminal Investigation Departments.
Adamu also posted and redeployed two Assistant Inspectors General of Police; Adeleye Olusola Oyebade and Ibrahim A. Lamorde, to the Department of Research and Planning and Directorate of Intelligence, FHQ, Abuja respectively.
Prior to the posting, Oyebade was a Directing Staff at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Jos, while Lamorde, was a former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission was the AIG in-charge of Force Intelligence.
“The IGP has equally ordered the posting of the following senior police Officers to the five new Police Zonal Commands as follows: AIG Zone 13, Ukpo-Dunukofia (Awka), AIG Dan-Mallam Mohammed; AIG Zone 14 (Katsina), AIG Rabiu Yusuf; AIG Zone 15 ( Maiduguri), AIG Lawal Ado; AIG Zone 16 (Yenagoa), AIG Austine I. Agbonlahor; and AIG David Oyebanji Folawiyo,,AIG Zone 17 (Akure).
In the same vein, CP Asuquo A.A Amba, former Commissioner of Police, Ekiti State Command, takes charge as AIG of the new FCID Annex, Gombe; CP Olafimihan A. Adeoye, former CP Federal SARS, takes charge as the AIG FCID Annex, Enugu, while CP Uche J. Anozie, former Cross River State police boss takes over as AIG FCID Annex Lagos.
The IG, he said also charged the affected senior Officers to bring their wealth of experience to bear in their new places of assignment, by ensuring that the job of effectively policing was brought to the people.