Miller Gajere Dantawaye was appointed as the Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Command, by the Police Service Commission (PSC) on Thursday, also, Betty Enekpen Otimenyin’s appointment as Edo State’s substantive Commissioner of Police was confirmed by the Commission.
The PSC spokesperson, Ikechukwu Ani, stated in a statement announcing the appointments that the two states’ Commissioners of Police are set to retire. On January 22, 2025, Kogi’s Commissioner of Police, CP Chukwuka Bertrand Onuoha, is anticipated to leave the force, and on January 25, 2025, CP Peter Umoru is scheduled to retire.
The new Commissioner for Kogi, CP Dantawaye, was previously the AC Operations of the FCT Police Command, the AC Field Studies of the Police Academy, Wudil Kano, the Area Commander of the Karewa Adamawa State Police Command, the AC CID of Oyo State Police Command, the AC Admin Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), Abuja, the Area Commander of Area ‘H’ Ogudu, Lagos State, the DC Operations of Yobe State Police Command, Damaturu, the DC Operations of Edo State Police Command, Benin, and later the CP Information Technology (IT) of Force Headquarters, Abuja.
Cp Betty Enekpen Otimenyin began her career in Bauchi State Command and has served as DPO in various divisions in Plateau and Edo Commands, as well as the Assistant Commissioner of Police Administration in Kebbi State, the Nigeria Port Authority Western Port, Lagos State, the Area Commander in Eleme Rivers State, and the Area Commander in Mbaitoilo in Imo State.
For Zone 5 in Benin Edo State and Zone 13 in Dunokuofia, Anambra State, Otimenyin served as the Deputy Commissioner of Police Administration. She is currently the Force Intelligence Department’s (FID) Abuja Commissioner of Police Administration.
DIG Hashimu Argungu (Rtd), the Commission’s chairman, has urged the newly appointed State Command Commissioners to be devoted to serving their country.
According to DIG Argungu, they ought to get settled into their responsibilities as soon as possible and make sure that the security situation in the two states is improved. According to him, the Commission will keep an eye on their performance and will motivate them to execute to the best of their abilities.
