The Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, CP Aderemi Adeoye, has embellished 10 newly promoted officers of the command with their new ranks.
Talking in Awka on Tuesday, Adeoye emphasised that the police career is a nationwide responsibility, whereas additionally reminding officers that promotion brings with it greater tasks whilst a brand new publish entails new duties and new aptitude exams. .
He stated since his 35 years within the police pressure, he had beforehand been posted to serve in varied capacities in numerous elements of the nation, together with Maiduguri the place he served as Sector Commander, JTF and Anambra State.
Whereas instructing the newly promoted officers to depart expectations to be met, the Commissioner stated he accepted all posts that got here his manner with good grace and took the chance to shine and show his competence.
He suggested law enforcement officials to not foyer for posts, recalling that he was posted from the Nationwide Headquarters within the South-East to coordinate the cell police pressure within the 5 South-Japanese States; and from the place he was later posted to Anambra State because the Deputy Commissioner of Police to assist cleanse the state of insecurity from then on.
He stated: “I used to be deployed to the South East from the Nationwide Headquarters in Abuja to coordinate the Cell Police Pressure within the 5 South Japanese States; from the place I used to be later transferred to Anambra State because the Deputy Commissioner of Police to assist defuse the then state of insecurity, shortly after the killing of Dr. Chike Akunyili, the husband of the late former NAFDAC boss.
“After I got here into publish, I labored tirelessly with different officers beneath my management to make sure that the protection narrative within the state modified without end.
“Through the 2021 governorship election, gunmen promised that the election wouldn’t happen in Ihiala Native Authorities Space the place that they had their headquarters on the time they severely terrorized the state and even declared some locations as no-go areas within the state . .
“This command fought tooth and nail towards the unknown gunmen to make sure that the elections have been held through the 2021 governorship election in Ihiala Native Authorities Space of the state.
I used to be right here a 12 months, and God assist us, the election that everybody thought wouldn't occur lastly occurred.
“These have been the elections that produced the present governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo. Initially, there have been elections in all elements of Anambra State however no elections in Ihiala Native Authorities Space because the unknown gunmen had their headquarters there.
“And instantly we ended the elections in different elements of the state, mobilized your entire pressure to Ihiala and carried out a gun battle in a forest from morning to night in order that they might not go to Ihiala city to disrupt elections. I used to be within the helicopter and coordinated the operation and God helped us to succeed.
“At the moment, Anambra is secure and peaceable as a result of some law enforcement officials have labored arduous for it. And I stand right here to declare and guarantee you that by no means once more will the folks of Anambra State be subjected to that sort of senseless bloodshed by miscreants. In the event that they increase their heads to do it once more, we are going to take the combat to them.”
He congratulated the newly promoted officers and reminded them of the necessity to proceed working tougher, and likewise charged them to at all times be skilled and exemplary of their conduct.
He charged them to see the promotion as a greater alternative to carry out higher of their service of sacrifice to the nation and humanity as a complete, and to hunt the approval of their promotion by the Inspector Common of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, to justify.
Other than David Iloyanomon, a former DCP authorities, who was promoted and now posted as Commissioner of Police in Taraba State; Different newly promoted officers of the Anambra State Police Command honored on the occasion embody 4 officers who have been promoted from Superintendent of Police to the rank of Deputy Commissioners of Police.
4 officers have been promoted from Chief Inspector of Police to Chief Inspector of Police; in addition to an officer promoted from Assistant Superintendent of Police to Deputy Superintendent of Police.