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PSC names Salisu Bello Fago as new Niger State CP
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the posting of Commissioner of Police Salisu Bello Fago as the new Commissioner of Police in Niger State.
The approval was granted after an interview session chaired by DIG Taiwo Lakanu (Rtd.), Chairman of the PSC Standing Committee on Police Matters, who represented the Commission’s Chairman, DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu (Rtd.).
During the session, the PSC Chairman urged Fago to remain neutral and adopt effective strategies to tackle crime and strengthen security across the state.
He specifically advised the new police commissioner to embrace intelligence-led and community-based policing as key measures for maintaining peace and protecting lives and property.
Fago joined the Nigeria Police Force on June 10, 1994, as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Education (BSc Ed) and is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
He has also attended several professional courses, including the Advanced Intelligence Detective Course, Police Mobile Force (PMF) Commanders Training Course and Tactical Leadership Command Course.
With over three decades of operational and administrative experience, Fago has served in various capacities, including Officer-in-Charge of the State Intelligence Bureau (SIB) in Kano and Katsina commands; Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Katsina Command; and ACP, Operations (DOPS), Delta Command.
He also served as Commanding Officer of 6 PMF, Maiduguri, and 52 PMF, Chalawa, Kano; ACP, Operations, Maiduguri; and Deputy Commissioner of Police, Department of Finance and Administration (DFA), Zamfara Command.
Fago takes over from CP Adamu A. Elleman, who retired from service.
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