Miller Dantawaye assumes duty as 34th FCT Police Commissioner

By Kingsley Omonobi

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has a caller Commissioner of Police, CP Miller Dantawaye, who assumed work connected Friday, 17th October 2025.

The erstwhile Kogi State Commissioner of Police takes implicit from CP Ajao Saks Adewale who has been redeployed for different strategical duty by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun.

Spokesperson of FCT Command, SP Josephine Adeh, successful a statement, said CP Dantawaye Miller is simply a seasoned constabulary serviceman with implicit 2 decades of meritorious service.

The connection said, “He was calved into the household of Late DCP Gajere Dantawaye connected 15th October 1971. He hails from Afogo successful Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

“He began his superior acquisition astatine St. Williams Primary School, Ilorin, Kwara State, earlier transferring to Nuhu Primary School, Kankiya, Katsina State.

“He aboriginal attended Government College, Katsina, and subsequently Federal Government College, Enugu, wherever helium obtained his Senior School Certificate successful 1989.

“He holds a Diploma successful Business Administration from Kaduna State Polytechnic, Zaria, a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Degree successful International Studies from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and a Master’s Degree successful International Studies from the University of Ilorin successful Kwara State.

“CP Miller Dantawaye was enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force arsenic a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police Course 20, successful May 2000. Following his palmy grooming and passing-out parade successful 2001, helium was posted to Bayelsa State Police Command successful January 2002 to commence his Policing career.

“Throughout his illustrious career, CP Miller has served successful assorted strategical and bid capacities crossed the country.

“These see Divisional Crime Officer, ‘A’ Division, Yenagoa; Acting Aide-de-Camp to the past Governor of Bayelsa State; Escort Commander to the past Vice President; Chief Security Officer, Ministry of Petroleum; Commanding Officer, MOPOL 24 – Presidential Villa, and Escort Commander to the past President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“He besides served arsenic Assistant Commissioner of Police (Operations), FCT Police Command; Area Commander, Karewa, Adamawa State; Assistant Commissioner (CID), Oyo State Command; Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations), Yobe and Edo State Commands; and aboriginal arsenic Commissioner of Police, Information Technology (IT), Force Headquarters, Abuja.

“Before his existent posting, helium was the Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Command.

“A consummate professional, CP Miller has attended respective section and planetary courses, including the Combat Operations and Counter-Terrorism Course astatine Gwoza, Maiduguri, Leadership Training astatine Shere Hills, Jos, VVIP Protection Course successful Ginegal, Israel, and the Strategic Leadership and Command Course astatine the Police Staff College, Jos.

“He is an Associate Member of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) and an progressive Member of Rotary International, wide respected among Rotarians crossed Nigeria.

“CP Dantawaye Miller is passionate astir policing, innovation, and assemblage safety. He enjoys reading, music, driving, and travelling. He is simply a devout Christian, happily married, and blessed with children.

“On presumption of work arsenic the 34th Commissioner of Police, FCT, CP Miller pledged to physique connected existing information frameworks, fortify community-police partnerships, and guarantee the information and information of each residents wrong the Federal Capital Territory.:

He called connected residents to proceed to enactment the constabulary successful their corporate effort to support bid and information crossed the FCT.

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