New Ogun State Police Commissioner, Imohimi Edgal,
on Monday resumed duty in Abeokuta, the state capital, declaring a headcount of
police personnel in the state.
The move, informed sources told journalists, was aimed
at fishing out ghost workers, believed to be on the payroll of the state Police
Command.
Edgal had served as the Police Commissioner of
Lagos State during the reign of former Governor Akinwumi Ambode.
A statement issued by the Ogun State Police Public
Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, stated
that Edgal officially assumed duty yesterday with the new reform measure.
To that extent, the new CP had recalled policemen
and officers currently on leave, directing them back to their duty posts in
order to be counted in the impending police census.
“In his
maiden address to the (police) management team, the CP directed that all
policemen serving in Ogun State should return to their duty posts from wherever
they maybe, as there is going to be physical headcount of all the personnel
attached to the Command.
“He also ordered the cancellation of all forms of
leave, casual or annual, except that of emergencies, because all hands must be
on deck to checkmate the activities of hoodlums, especially during the ‘ember’
months and the yuletide season,” Oyeyemi said.
He added that the new CP also promised to deepen
and institutionalise the strategy of community policing and community safety
partnership aimed at reducing crime in the state, “in line with the objectives
of operation Puff-Adder.”
Edgal had arrived in the state police headquarters in
Eleweran, Abeokuta, at about 11:a.m., and was received by senior police
officers in the Command, led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of
Operations, Edward Adigun.
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