Defence
THE new Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) of Police for Zone 5, Mr Arungwa Udo, has assumed duty at the zone’s headquarters in Benin.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new AIG, who will be overseeing Delta and Edo states, replaced Lawan Jimeta, who died on Feb. 12, during a brief illness.
A statement issued by the zone’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Tijani Momoh, on Friday in Benin, said Udo formally assumed duty on Thursday.
Momoh, in the statement, said that Udo, who hails from Abia, enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force in 1990 as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP).
“Born in 1965, he holds a Bachelor of Science of Art degree in Philosophy from Ekiti State University.
“He schooled in India and Abuja for Higher National Diploma in Information Technology and Diploma in Law respectively,’’ he said.
Momoh further stated that Udo had worked in various capacities, the last being Commissioner of Police in charge of Administration, Force Intelligence Bureau, from where he was recently promoted to AIG.
He said that the new AIG has solicited for the cooperation of people of the zone and urged them to assist the police with useful and timely information that would help in checkmating crimes and criminality. (NAN)
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