FCT GETS NEW COMMISSIONER OF POLICE

 


Terseer Jackson

23/12/2022

The Federal Capital Territory has received a new Commissioner of Police, CP Sadiq Idris Abubakar, mni, today, December 23, 2022 who has  taken over from CP Babaji Sunday who has been redeployed to another area of assignment.



According to the press statement by the  Fct Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Josephine Adeh, Commissioner of Police in-charge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) CP Sadiq, who resumed office as the twenty-ninth (29)  assured the residents of Improved Public Safety and Security, Warns Criminals to Steer Clear


Sadiq, a member of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru-Jos, holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and a Masters of Education in Educational Psychology, both from University of Abuja. He also holds a Bachelor of Science Education (BSc.Ed) degree in Geography from Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto. 


CP Sadiq has served the Force and the country at large in diverse capacities both within and outside Nigeria. Some of these include: Advance Detective  Course, Police Staff College  Jos; PMF Commanders’  Combat  Course,  PMF  training  College,  Ila-Orangun  Osun  State; Basic Infantry Tactics for Counter-Terrorism, Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, Kaduna; ECOWAS Standby Force Map Exercise, Kofi Anan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), Accra Ghana; United Nations (UN) Special Police Assessment Team (SPAT) Workshop, Amman, Jordan; Senior  Management Course, KAIPTC, Accra Ghana; ECOWAS Workshop on Special Force Doctrine and Structure; UN Chief of Police Summit, New York, amongst others. 

While thanking the Inspector General of Police, for the confidence reposed on him to serve in this capacity,  Sadiq assured the residents of FCT of a new dispensation of professional policing, and improved public safety and security. 


He equally warned criminal elements in the FCT to steer clear and commit to legitimate ventures, noting the resolve of the Command under his watch to make the therein uncomfortable for crimes and criminality. 


Meanwhile, the CP calls on the residents to continue to support the Police, assuring that work commences immediately.

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