..Vows to deliver improved policing services
Barth Ndubuwah,Port Harcourt
A new Commissioner of Police (CP) in the person of Mr Friday Eboka has assumed office in Rivers State.According to a statement issued in Port Harcourt by the State Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO),SP Nnamdi Omoni, Eboka took over from former CP Joseph Mukan who has been promoted to Assistant Inspector General of Police(AIG).
“The Rivers State Police Command wishes to inform the general public and indeed residents of the State that a new Commissioner of Police has assumed duty in the State.
CP Eboka Friday an hour ago took over the duties and responsibilities of the Rivers State Police Command from AIG Joseph G. Mukan psc (+) who was recently promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police and redeployed to Zone 8 Headquarters Lokoja as the Zonal Commander.
CP Eboka Friday hails from Agbor in Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State.”
The statement further said that the new CP holds a Bachelor of Science Degree Bsc (Hons) in Political Science from the University of Nigeria (UNN) Nsukka, Enugu State.
And that he was appointed into the Nigeria Police Force as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) in 1988 and on completion of his training,he was posted to Delta State, where he did his one year compulsory attachment and later served in various Police Departments across the country .
Eboka was said to have served in different capacities and divisions such as, Divisional Police Officer in about six (6) Divisions in Lagos State, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) Force Headquarters, Abuja.
Others he said are, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Operations, Bayelsa State, Area Commander Owo, Ondo State, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Safer Highway, Abuja, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Finance and Administration, DC ‘A’ Kano and Deputy Commissioner of Police, Operations, Zone 2 Headquarters, Lagos.
“Eboka was the immediate past Commissioner of Police, Railway Police Command, from where he was found professionally competent and redeployed to the State as the 42nd Commissioner of Police,” the statement said.
The PPRO said the new CP has promised to bring his wealth of experience to bear in policing Rivers State Command and urged all people of goodwill to join him in the task ahead.