SAN FRANCISCO, May 29, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved the reorganization of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) as part of efforts geared at addressing threats posed by the dynamics of crimes in the country, and the full implementation of the Community Policing initiative.
This reorganization includes full autonomy of the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB), creation of five additional Police Zonal Command Headquarters and the decentralization of the Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department (FCIID).
The FIB, which was previously a section under the FCIID, is now a full-fledged Department of the Force to be headed by a Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG).
With this new arrangement, the Nigeria Police Force now has eight (8) Departments and each is headed by a DIG. They are:
Department of Finance and Administration
Department of Operations
Department of Logistics and Supply
Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID)
Department of Training and Development
Department of Research and Planning
Department of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
Force Intelligence Department
The Federal Government also approved the further decentralization of the FCID with the establishment of two additional offices in Enugu and Gombe States with the office in Enugu expected to take care of investigations of major crimes emanating from the South-East and South-South geo-political zones while the office in Gombe will take care of the North-East geo-political zone.
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In a similar vein, five (5) new Police Zonal Command Headquarters have been created for the Nigeria Police Force in addition to the hitherto existing twelve (12) Zonal Command Headquarters. This makes a total of seventeen (17) Zonal Command Headquarters in the country.
The five (5) new Zonal Commands are: Akure (Ondo/Ekiti Commands), Awka (Enugu, Anambra, Ebonyi), Yenagoa (Bayelsa, Rivers Commands), Maiduguri (Yobe, Borno Commands) and Katsina (Katsina, Kaduna Commands).
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