From Molly Kilete, Abuja
The Police Service Commission (PSC), has approved the posting of Peter Ukachi Opara as the substantive Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory Abuja, replacing CP Benneth Igwe, who has since been promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police and posted to Zone 7 Abuja as the Zonal Assistant Inspector General of Police.
The new FCT Commissioner was the immediate CP Force Secretary’s office and former Deputy Commissioner, Administration and Finance Imo State Police Command. He also at a time served as Personal Assistant to former Chairman of the Police Service Commission, IGP Mike Okiro rtd.
Opara was DCP Legal Studies, Police Academy. POLAC, Wudil Kano, Area Commander Aba and Uyo, Area Crime Officer, Kubwa, and Senior Deputy Defence Adviser Police, Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations, New York.
He was severally Personal Assistant to Inspector General of Police, DIG Works, DIG Operations and Personal Assistant to CP Lagos State Police Command.
The Commission has also accepted the recommendation of the Inspector-General of Police, for the replacement of CP Miller Gagere Dantawaye with Festus Eribo as the new substantive Commissioner of Police Akwa Ibom State Police Command.
Dantawaye was one of the four officers recommended for posting as substantive Commissioners of Police.
CP Festus Eribo, a Law graduate from the University of Calabar, was at a time Liaison Officer at the Police Service Commission and later Assistant Commissioner, Federal Operations, Force Headquarters. He served as Area Commander, Area M, Lagos, Area F Lagos and State CID, Lafia, Nasarawa State. He was Area Commander, Agodi, Ibadan, Oyo State, Deputy Commissioner, Zonal CID Zone 9, Umuahia and Deputy Commissioner Operations, Kogi State Police Command. He was also substantive Commissioner of Police, Taraba State.
The Commission had earlier approved the posting of four Commissioners of Police to Abia, Lagos and Ebonyi states.
