Idris Ahmed, Jos.
Following the on going reorganisation in the Police Force, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the immediate posting of CP Bartholomew Nnamdi Onyeka to Plateau state Command as the new Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the state.
The new Commissioner of Police, CP Onyeka, hails from Nkume, in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State. He holds a B.A (Hons) in Public Administration and a Masters Degree in Defence Studies from Punjab University, India.
He has attended several tactical and leadership courses within and outside Nigeria including Strategic Leadership and Command Course (SLCC), Police Staff College, Jos; Financial Malpractices Investigation Course; and Armed Conflict Management Course, Command Staff College, Jaji, Kaduna State.
He has also served in various operational, investigative, and administrative capacities in Bauchi, Imo, Abia, Zamfara State Commands and Zone 1 Headquarters, Kano.
The IGP, while assuring the people of Plateau state of the unrelenting commitment of the Police Force to containing the prevailing and emerging crimes in the state, charged the new Commissioner of Police to deploy his community building experience in ensuring improved public safety and security of lives and property of the citizenry in the morning state.
He enjoined the people of Plateau state to continuously work with the Police for effective policing of their communities.
The Plateau state crisis which ignited during the General Ibrahim Babangida era has defied all recommended resolutions.
Observers suggest that cultural and historic dimensions be be pursued to get to the root of the remote and and immediate cause or causes of the fracas.
