Ohanaeze Ndigbo Faults Lopsided Promotion Of Police Commissioners

The apex Igbo Socio cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has faulted the promotion of 37 police officers to the rank of Commissioner of Police with only one slot allocated to the South East. The organisation called for a review of the promotion. A statement by Ohanaeze Ndigbo President General, Chief Nnia Nwodo, on Sunday, lamented that Igboland was constantly under siege by criminals because people from zones other than the South East were in charge of security in the region. The statement partly read, “In the recent promotion carried out by the Nigeria Police Force, 37 officers were promoted to the rank of Commissioner of Police. A cursory look at the list shows that the North West zone has 12 new commissioners of police, North East, eight, South West, seven, South South, five, North Central, four, while South East just one new commissioner. Ohanaeze Ndigbo observes that all police commissioners in the South East come from the North and not many Ibo officers are in the high echelon of the force, should have made it imperative that more slots be given to the South East.