IG of Police Appoints New Deputy Force PRO in Abuja

Police IG, Solomon Arase

Police IG, Solomon Arase, has today appointed a Chief Superintendent of Police as the new Deputy Force Public Relations Officer. In a statement issued by the Nigerian Police Force Public Relations Officer and Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Olabisi Kolawole, in Abuja on Tuesday, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase, has appointed  Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP Sogbeba West as the new Deputy Force Public Relations Officer.


According to the statement, West who holds a diploma in Security Strategies, hails from Rivers state and served in Enugu Command as a Personal Assistant to the then Commissioner of Police of the Command. He had also headed the Special Anti-robbery Squad, Enugu, as well as worked in Taraba Command.

The statement said that West also served in the United Nations Peacekeeping Missions in Kosovo and East Timor. "His experience in policing has seen him through in Nasarawa, Rivers and Kogi Commands," it said.

He replaces CSP Abayomi Shogunle who now heads the Crime Response Unit (CRU).