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Opara has been appointed to replace CP Benneth Igwe, who has been promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police.
The Police Service Commission has approved the appointment of CP Peter Opara as the substantive Commissioner of Police for the Federal Capital Territory Abuja.
CP Benneth Igwe, who previously held the position, has been promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police and posted to Zone 7 Abuja.
The new FCT Commissioner, CP Peter Opara, was previously the CP Force Secretary's office and former Deputy Commissioner of Administration and Finance Imo State Command.
He also served as Personal Assistant to the former Chairman of the Police Service Commission, IGP Mike Okiro (Rtd).
CP Opara was DCP Legal Studies Police Academy. POLAC, Wudil Kano, Area Commander Aba and Uyo; Area Crime Officer kubwa, and Senior Deputy Defence Adviser Police, Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations, New York.
He was severally Personnel Assistant to the Inspector General of Police; DIG works, DIG Operations and Personnel Assistant to CP Lagos State Command.
The commission has also accepted the recommendation of the Inspector-General of Police, for the replacement of CP Miller Gagere Dantawaye with that of CP Festus Eribo, as the new substantive Commissioner of Police Akwa Ibom State Command.
Dantawaye was one of the four Commissioners of Police recommended for posting as substantive Commissioners of Police.
CP Festus Eribo, a law graduate of the University of Calabar, served in various roles, including Liaison Officer at the Police Service Commission, Assistant Commissioner of Federal Operations at Force Headquarters, and Area Commander in Lagos, Lafia, Ibadan, and Umuahia.
He also held positions as Deputy Commissioner of Zonal CID Zone 9 and Kogi State Command, and was the substantive Commissioner of Police in Taraba State.
The commission had earlier approved the posting of four Commissioners of Police, including those for Abia, Lagos, and Ebonyi states.
