TheHILL | CRIME | JUNE 23.
Akwa Ibom State Police Command has received a new Commissioner of Police. He is CP Olatoye Durosinmi.
TheHILL can authoritatively report that the new Police boss is the 31st Commissioner of Police since the creation of the State.
A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Akwa Ibom State, SP Odiko MacDon, said the new Commissioner took over from Andrew Amiengheme who has been elevated to the rank of the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG).
According to the statement, before his present appointment, the new CP was Deputy Commissioner of Police, Federal Special Weapon and Tactics (FSWAT), Annex, Lagos, Deputy Commissioner of Police, State Criminal Investigation Department, Kebbi State Police Command, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Department of Operations, Imo State Police Command and Assistant Commissioner of Police, State Criminal Investigation, Department, Akwa Ibom Police Command.
Appointed into the Nigeria Police Force as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police on the 3rd of March 1990, Durosinmi has served in various capacities and attended Courses both locally and internationally.
The statement added that the Police Chief holds a B.Sc (Hons) degree in Sociology from the University of Ife, an LLB from the Delta State University, Abraka. He was called to Bar in 2001 and has a Master’s degree in Law (LLM) from the Lagos State University. His PHD in Law from Imo State University is in view.
Meanwhile, the statement enjoined Akwa Ibomites to remain law abiding and accord the new Police boss the needed co-operation to fight crime and criminality and continue to make the state one of the most peaceful in the country.
