Wednesday August 5, 2026
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By Idorenyin UMOREN
Private Investigator and Security Evaluator
The Police Service Commission , PSC, has today approved the posting of AIG Auwal Musa Mohammed as Commandant of the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano, and eight Commissioners of Police to various State Commands.
This is contained in a Press Release issued on Wednesday, August 5, 2026 by the Head, Protocol and Public Relations of Commission, Torty Njoku Kalu, in Abuja.
AIG Auwal Musa Mohammed is an officer with over 33 years of experience in operations, investigations, intelligence-led policing and training. He holds a BSc in Political Science and an MSc in Public Policy from Bayero University. He has served as Commandant Police College Maiduguri, CP Bauchi, and AIG Zone 3 and Zone 6, and is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
According to the Release, the eight CPs deployed are: CAfolabi Wilfred Olutokunbo (formerly CP Admin, Training Development → CP Abia); CP Ayodeji Faniyan, fdc (formerly CP Admin, Police Cooperative Lagos → CP Plateau); CP Saka Adewale Ajao (formerly CP Admin, FCID Annex Gombe → CP Bayelsa); CP Ajo Geoffrey Ordue (formerly CP INTERPOL Abuja → CP Cross River); CP Nnanna Oji Ama (formerly CP Intelligence → CP Anambra); CP Patrick Daaor (formerly CP Admin, FID Abuja → CP Edo); CP Tijani Murtala (→ CP Jigawa); and CP Samuel Erale Etaifo (→ CP Delta). The postings follow promotions of former CPs and are aimed at sustaining operational exigencies.
Speaking at the session, Hon. Justice Paul Adamu Galumje (JSC,rtd), a Board Member and Hon Commissioner 1, in the Commission, who precided over the meeting, charged the officers to stand firm, uphold the rule of law, and remain neutral and diligent. Other Board members who were in attendance included Alhaji Abdulfatah Mohammed, Hon. Justice Christine Ladi Dabup (rtd), and Chief Onyemuche Nnamani, Secretary to the Commission.