Tuesday 12 July 2011

Shake-up in Police over Boko Haram

By Kingsley OMONOBI (Vanguard)

Following increased bombings and attacks by Boko Haram on innocent citizens in some northern, the Inspector General of Police, Mr Hafiz Ringim, Tuesday, ordered the immediate redeployment of Commissioners of Police of Borno, Niger, Katsina, Kano and Bauchi States.
Also redeployed, according to the IGP’s directive, are the Commissioners of Police of Kebbi, Sokoto, Nasarawa, Plateau, Jigawa, Benue, Ondo, Oyo, Imo, Ogun, Ebonyi states and Federal Capital Territory, as well as the Commissioners of Police in charge of Homicide and Federal Operations.
Vanguard’s investigation revealed that CP Baba Adisa Bolanta, formerly the Commissioner of Police, Oyo State, has been deployed in Sokoto; CP Ibrahim Mohammed is redeployed in Katsina State; CP Simeon Midenda, formerly CP in charge FEDOPS, is moved to Borno State; CP Ibrahim Idris is the new Kano State CP; CP Ikechukwu Aduba is CP in charge Bauchi State, CP Michael Zuokummoh, formerly of Niger State is the new CP in charge FCT.
It was further gathered that CP Mohammed Jinjiri Abubakar, formerly of Borno is now CP Jigawa; CP Emmanuel Ayeni, formerly of Ebonyi is now CP Plateau; CP Lateef Abiodun Junaid is CP Kebbi; CP Emmanuel Obiakor, formerly of Nasarawa is now CP Benue; CP Ibrahim Maishanu is now CP Niger; and CP Musa Abdusalam Daura is CP Nasarawa.
Others are CP Haruna john, formerly in charge FCT now in charge of Federal Operations at Force Headquarters; CP Saliu Argungu Hashimu, CP in charge of Oyo; CP Nicholas Nkemdeme is the new CP Ogun; CP Tambari Mohammed is CP in charge in Imo; CP Adeola Adejiri is CP Ebonyi; CP Charles Abutu is CP in charge Ondo.
Those recalled to Force Headquarters are CP Sabo Ringim Ibrahim, formerly of Katsina now CP in charge X-Squad; CP Hassan Adamu is now CP in charge Homicide; CP Ikemefuna Okoye is CP Training at ‘E’ Dept; CP Emmanuel Udeoji is now Deputy FORCESEC; CP Buhari Tanko is CP ‘MSD’;CP Joseph Ibi is now CP in charge General Investigation at FCID; CP Mohammed Indabawa is the new CP in charge Administration at Police College, Kano and CP Sani Magaji is the new CP in charge ‘Admin’ at ‘E’ Dept. at FHQ.
Contacted on the deployment, Force Public Relations Officer, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Olusola Amore, confirmed the postings are with immediate effect, noting that it was aimed at repositioning the Police Force for effective performance against criminality and terrorists acts.

Awo foundation holds dialogue on good governance

In keeping with its mandate to generate topical ideas for national development, the Obafemi Awolowo Foundation, OAF, a non-governmental and non partisan organisation, will hold a special dialogue with the theme “Transformational Leadership and Good Governance: Lessons From the Awolowo Example” on July 20 and 21, 2011 at Ikenne, Ogun State.
Eminent scholars, at home and abroad, will provide the concepts and theories for re-mapping and understanding Nigeria’s leadership crisis in order to generate ideas that will jump start the national search for good governance in our infant democracy.
The foundation recalls with delight the seminar policy reforms and visionary innovations undertaken by Chief Obafemi Awolowo, who led the Western region between 1952 and 1960, continue to reverberate 24 years after he passed on and to spin off a best practices roadmap for successive office holders.(Vanguard)

Estranged wife of deposed Deji of Akure is dead

By Ojo Oyewamide


The estranged wife of dethroned Deji of Akure, Oba Oluwadare Adesina Adepoju, Olori Bolanle, is dead. She reportedly died at the Saint Mary Specialist Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, after a protracted illness.
Her death came after a year she had a public brawl with her husband, ex-Oba Adepoju, along the popular Hospital Road Akure, the Ondo State capital.
The public show of shame, which was attended by both local and international condemnation, eventually led to his removal by the Ondo State Government which later banished him to Owo in Owo Local Government Area of the state.
Confirming the death, a close and dependable family source told National Mirror that since that encounter with her estrange husband, life had never been the same again, adding that “She had always been frequenting the hospital until she was diagnosed of a renal failure which eventually claimed her life.
A visit to her family house at Owo showed that members of the family were disturbed by her death and confirmed that she died around 4.45am yesterday morning while another family source said her body would soon be moved to Akure for necessary traditional rituals and burial.

Source:Nationalmirroronline

Deposed Deji of Akure and his late estranged wife