transferring the controversial Rivers State Commissioner of Police,
Joseph Mbu.
To take over from him is the Commissioner in charge of the Special
Fraud Unit, Johnson Ogunsakin.
Mbu was moved to the Federal Capital Territory Command in a
transfer exercise that affected 21 other CPs and 13 Deputy
Commissioners of Police.
It was widely believed that the All Progressives Congress directive
to its members in the National Assembly to block the passage of all
Executive bills, including the 2014 budget, might have contributed
to Mbu's redeployment.
The Caucus of the APC in the House welcomed his removal, saying
with the development, it was fully ready to participate in the debate
on the budget.
Names of 13 CPs affected by the transfer were contained in a
statement by the Chief Information Officer, Ferdinand Ekpe. The names
of nine other CPs and the 13 DCPs were contained in another
statement by the Force Headquarters, Abuja.
The CPs are Ambrose Aisabo, who was transferred to Kwara State;
Felix Uyanya, Ekiti; Abdulmajid Ali, Imo; Benjamin Onwuka, Kebbi;
Ibrahim Maishanu, Osun ; Adamu Ibrahim, Abia; and Aderenle Shinaba,
Kano.
Others are Umaru Shehu, Kaduna; Abakasanga A.J. Adamawa; Kalafite
Adeyemi, Taraba; Ibrahim Idris, Nasarawa; Sotonye Wankama,
Counter-Terrorism Unit; Kayode Aderanti, Western Port of Lagos;
Sylvester Umeh, Commandant, Police College; and Danladi Mshelbwala,
Bomb Disposal Squad.
Also affected by the transfer are Godfrey Okeke, who is now the
Deputy Commandant, Police Staff College, Jos; Mohammed Mohammed,
Deputy Force Secretary; Agboola Oshodi-Glover, Info-tech; Chintua
Amajor-Onu, Homicide,FHQ; and Salisu Abdullahi, Federal Investigations
Bureau.
Before Mbu's transfer, Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, and
the APC had insisted on his removal for alleged partisanship.
The state government had also instituted a legal action against
the PSC and the Inspector-General of Police, asking for Mbu's
redeployment .
It also sent a petition against him to the National Human Rights Commission.
But the PSC had refused to redeploy Mbu on the grounds that it did
not want to pre-empt the court.
The APC lawmakers however welcomed Mbu's redeployment, saying it
showed that their party had made "real impact" by forcing the
Federal Government to allow the rule of law to prevail in Rivers
State.
They recalled that the political crisis was the reason the APC
directed them to "block" all executive proposals by Jonathan.
"We have been vindicated that there are more than one way to skin a
cat. As a party, we have been vindicated," the Minority Leader of
the House, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, toldThe Metro.
Gbajabiamila, who described the redeployment as a sign of victory for
the APC, added that members of the caucus would now debate the 2014
budget
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