PSC appoints Salisu Fago as new Niger State police commissioner
He succeeds CP Adamu Elleman, who retired, according to a statement from the Police Service Commission.
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the posting of Commissioner of Police Salisu Bello Fago as the new Commissioner of Police in Niger State. He succeeds CP Adamu Elleman, who retired from service.
In a statement on Monday, the commission’s spokesperson, Torty Njoku Kalu, said the approval followed an interview presided over by DIG Taiwo Lakanu (retd.), chairman of the PSC Standing Committee on Police Matters, who represented the commission’s chairman, DIG Hashimu Argungu (retd.).
The chairman urged the new commissioner to remain neutral and to develop a workable strategy, including intelligence-led and community-based policing, to combat crime and maintain peace and security in the state.
According to the statement, Mr Fago joined the Nigeria Police Force as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police on June 10, 1994, and has more than three decades of operational and administrative experience, including postings in Kano, Katsina, Delta, Maiduguri and Zamfara commands.
SOURCE: Punch
