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The inspector-general of police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has redeployed the FCT Commissioner of Police, CP Ajao Adewale, pursuing bid of insecurities successful the FCT.
LEADERSHIP probe showed that the FCT Police Commissioner was nether unit to perform, having taken implicit from an progressive erstwhile FCT Commissioner of Police, CP Benneth Igwe.
Security sources, who spoke to LEADERSHIP connected the reasons for CP Adewale’s removal, said it had to bash with the insecurity concern successful the Nigeria’s superior territory particularly with the equipped robbery incident, wherever ARISE News Anchor died.
LEADERSHIP recalls that recently, the astir salient lawsuit of insecurity was the lawsuit involving the decease of ARISE News anchor Somtochukwu Maduagwu, popularly known arsenic Sommie, and a information guard, Barnabas Danlami.
Sommie and Danlami were killed during a convulsive equipped robbery onslaught successful Abuja connected September 29, 2025.
The equipped robbery occurred successful the aboriginal hours of Monday, September 29, astatine her residence successful the Katampe territory of Abuja.
According to an interior wireless connection from Force Headquarters, Abuja, Commissioner of Police Miller Gajere Dantawaye has present been deployed to the Federal Capital Territory.
The interior memo besides showed that lawman commissioner of constabulary Wilson Aniefiok Akpan has been posted to Kogi State.
It stated that the inspector-general of constabulary ordered the provisional posting of 2 elder officers to caller commands pending last support by the Police Service Commission (PSC) arsenic stipulated by the law.
The message, referenced TH.5361/FS/FHQ/ABJ/SUB.6/213, was circulated to each zonal and authorities commands, formations, and departments of the Nigeria Police Force.
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