The new Commissioner of Police in Ekiti, Mr Ibrahim Maishanu, assumed office on Tuesday and promised to make the state better in terms of security and peaceful co-existence among the people.
Maishanualso pledged to implement the reform agenda of the Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, in the command.
The commissioner made the pledge at the Police headquarters in Ado- Ekiti at a handing over ceremony marking his official assumption of office.
Maishanu is the immediate past Commissioner of Police of Niger.
?He succeeds Mr Olayinka Balogun, who has been posted to Edo as Commissioner of Police.
Maishanu promised to work harmoniously with the state government, members of the Police Community Relations Committee and the public to sustain the peace existing in the state.
He promised to build on the foundation laid by his predecessor and promised to unveil his policies and programmes in due course.
Maishanu’s predecessor,? Balogun, had urged him to tackle corruption within the Police and ensure that all road blocks that had been dismantled did? not resurrect anywhere in the state.
Balogun said that he never demanded any money from his subordinates in his 15 months in office and advised? Maishanu? to imbibe the spirit to rid the organisation of corruption.
He also urged him to initiate motivational policies that would encourage his personnel to work.
“I never demanded money from any of my subordinates or asked them to make money on my behalf. ?This, I think, is one of the ways to check corruption,” he stressed.
Balogun said? that his good working relationship with personnel under him helped in keeping criminals at bay and advised the commissioner to establish such a relationship to make the task easy for him.
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