Niger State Gets New Police Commissioner

CP Shawulu Dan-Mammam has been appointed as the new Commissioner of Police for Niger State‘s command of the force.

His appointment was confirmed in a statement released on Thursday by the spokesperson for the Niger State Command, Wasiu Abiodun, Naija News reports.

The announcement of the 37th Commissioner of Police for the state comes after the recent promotion and redeployment of AIG Ogundele Ayodeji to AIG Zone 7, Abuja.

The statement also revealed that the newly appointed CP is originally from the Lupwe-Takum area of Donga LGA in Taraba State.

“He was enlisted and appointed as Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police on May 18, 1992. He attended the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, between 1985 and 1988, where he earned a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B. Hons.) degree with honours.

“He also attended the Nigeria Law School in Lagos between 1988 and 1989 and was called to the Nigerian Bar as a Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria on December 14, 1989.

“Dan-Mammam was severally a Divisional Police Officer in Obiaruku Division, Agbor Division, Ovwian/Aladja Division, and Ogborikoko Division, all in Delta State.

“Upon becoming an Assistant Commissioner of Police, he was AC Legal; Civil Litigation FCID Abuja; AC Welfare DFA Force Headquarters Abuja; and AC State CID Asaba.

“As a Deputy Commissioner of Police, the CP was the Deputy Commissioner of Police Department of Finance and Administration, Niger State Police Command, for four years.

“So far, as a Commissioner of Police, he has served as the Commissioner of Police Force Provost Marshal (FPM), Force Headquarters Abuja, until his redeployment to Niger State Police Command as the 37th Commissioner of Police in the State,” the statement read.