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Breaking: IGP Redeploys Osun CP, Olokode

There is substantial evidence that Usman Alkali Baba, the inspector general of police, has ordered the immediate redeployment of Olawale Olokode, the commissioner of police for Osun State, from the state, barring any last-minute changes.

It was reported that the police chief made the choice over the weekend following many appeals from various sources regarding the purported incapacity and lack of coordination on the part of the Osun Commissioner to effectively coordinate his personnel in the state.

Recall that Daily Post newspaper earlier reported that the Force Disciplinary Committee (FDC) began reviewing disciplinary cases instituted against 130 Senior Police Officers of the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police and above in order to determine their culpability or otherwise.

The high-ranking officers all over the country comprise two Commissioners of Police, three Assistant Commissioners of Police, 11 Chief Superintendents of Police, 19 Superintendents of Police, 18 Deputy Superintendents of Police, and 77 Assistant Superintendents of Police.

Voiceairmedia learnt that CP Olokode was redeployed after a recommendation.

Recall that the Osun State Commissioner of Police was accused of superintending the shooting of a correspondent of The Nation Newspaper, Toba Adedeji on May 31, in the course of covering a peaceful protest against police brutality in the state.

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