Yobe gets new Commissioner of Police

Yobe gets new Commissioner of Police

By: Yahaya Wakili

A new Commissioner of police has been posted to the Yob state police command.

The new Commissioner of Police, CP Garba Ahmad, assume duty today 2nd, May 2023.

A statement from DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO Yobe State Command said CP Garba Ahmad hails from Kafur LGA of Kasina State.

He attended the Bayero University of Kano State (BUK) where he obtained a B. A in Education and later bagged MPA in the University of Maiduguri in 1996.

He was enlisted in the Nigeria Police Force in 1992 as a cadets Assistant Superintendent of Police ASP and a member of course 3 intake.

During his carrier in the force he served in different capacities and in various strategic offices across the country to mention but a few: Borno, Ebonyi, Kaduna, FCT, Adamawa, Gombe, Enugu, and Oyo among other states.

He attended many courses both at home and abroad, among which is the International Law Enforcement Academy in the United States of America USA.

He is a seasoned community policing officer with vast experience in Law Enforcement and Strategic leadership.

He rose through the ranks to the enviable rank of Commissioner of Police and was deployed to Yobe State Police Command as the new Commissioner of Police.
He is 32 Commissioner of Police since the creation of the Command,

He took over from the former Commissioner of Police CP Haruna G. Garba. On 2nd May 2023

Yobe gets new Commissioner of Police