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Delta police command gets new commissioner,

Delta police command gets new commissioner, 


new Commissioner of Police, Abaniwonda Surajudeen Olufemi, has assumed duty as the 22nd Commissioner of Police, Delta State Police Command.

The new police boss succeeds AIG Wale Abass who was transferred to Police Force Headquarters, Abuja.

A statement by Delta Police Command spokesperson, Bright Edafe, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said the new police boss was born on the 22nd of February 1966.
According to the statement, Abaniwanda who hails from Epe LGA of Lagos state holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History in 1987, and a Master of Arts in Economics History, both from University of Lagos in 1990.

He was enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force as a member of Cadet ASP Course 17 on the 18th of March 1992. 

He attended the elite Police Academy Kaduna, and upon completion of training in the academy, was posted to Kogi State Police Command as a young Assistant Superintendent of Police in November 1995.

He has served in various capacities in the Police Force. As a trained officer of international standards, he was deployed for Peace Keeping Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2000, and was also in 2008 seconded as the Training Adviser at the United Nations’ Integrated Office in Sierra Leone.(UNIOSIL)

In 2015 he was posted to the Gwagwalada Area Command as the Area Commander, and in 2017 he was transferred to Oyo State Command as the Area Commander Oyo Area Command.

Upon his promotion to the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police, he was tasked with administrative duty at the Department of Operations Force Headquarters Abuja.

He served at Kogi state Command as the Deputy Commissioner of Police State Criminal Investigation Department.

He was the immediate past Deputy Force Secretary at Force headquarters Abuja. He was promoted to the rank of Commissioner of Police January 2024 and deployed to Delta State as the 22nd Commissioner of Police of Delta State Command.

Abaniwonda promised to build on existing security mechanisms in place towards enthroning the reign of peace and safety in Delta State.

He advised the public to always cooperate with the Police and other security agencies at all times, while tasking the youths not to allow themselves to be used as for any act of criminality.

Abaniwonda assured residents that the Command under his leadership will ensure that the State become uncomfortable for criminals.

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