By Dada Ahmed in Lokoja.
The Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Command, CP Edward C. Egbuka has decorated 26 Newly promoted officers and urged them as well as other officers and men of the Command to live a life discipline and professionalism.
Egbuka told the personnel at the M.M. Katsina Conference Hall, State Headquarters, Lokoja that any of them desirous to go high must cultivate the attitude of discipline, reminding them that their “attitude is a reflection of what Police is all about.”
CP Egbuka further stated that even the least Police officer know that discipline is the bedrock on which the Force is built which he described as foundational.
He thanked the Inspector General of Police IGP Alkali Usman Baba for recommending officers of the Command to be part of the beneficiaries of the promotion and congratulated the affected officers and wished them well in their new task.
SP William Ovye Aya,
Police Public Relations Officer,
Kogi State Police Command,in a statement he copied said the
decoration ceremony was subsequent to the promotion of 1,939 Deputy Superintendents of Police to the rank of Superintendent of Police.
The newly promoted officers include, SP Obafemi Ojo Commander Quick Response Unit, SP Yusuf Isa O/C Confidential, Esinulo Cletus DPO Gegu, Sani Yahaya DPO Ibaji, Sule Musa DPO Ajaokuta, Alozie Chukwuemeka DPO Ayetoro, Orimolade Akinwumi DPO Iyara, Ovanja Yakubu DPO Okehi, Felix Adjarho DPO Itakpe, others includes Eneka Ugwuoke DCO Adogo, Emmanuel Odai Unit Commander 37 PMF, Akinwumi Adeniran Unit Commander 37 PMF, Ibe Chidebere Nwadoika Unit Commander 37 PMF, Yakubu Abu O/C Anti-Cultism, Aye Enejo DCO ‘C’ Division, Salisu Ahmed ACO Koton-karfe, Samade Ladi Medical, Diribe Victor DCO Ifeo-Olukotun, Agbo Emmanuel Obajana, Layi Labija Ayetoro, Yakubu Bitrus Idah Area Command, Samuel Oye Medical and Yamang Swanta Idah.
Speaking on behalf of his colleagues, SP Eneka Ugwuoke, thanked the Inspector General of Police, IGP Baba and the Force Management team for finding them worthy of the elevation to the new rank and the CP for decorating them.
SP. Ugwuoke promised that he and his colleagues would make use of the added responsibility to effectively discharge their duties professionally to make Kogi safe and Nigeria in general.