Azare assumes duty as 34th CP A’Ibom Police Command

CDA News January 4, 2025

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BABA Mohammed Azare has assumed duty as the 34th Commissioner of Police (CP), Akwa Ibom State Commanding following recent new postings by Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun.

Born in Azare Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi State, CP Azare takes over from his predecessor, CP Joseph Eribo at the Uyo headquarters of the Akwa Ibom Command.

The new CP holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications from Bayero University Kano, a Masters in Public Policy and Administration and another in Crime Management, Prevention and Control, from same Institution.

He was enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), trained at the Nigeria Police Academy Wudi, Kano.

Among previous duties, CP Azare had served as Detective in the Criminal Investigation Department (State CID) Kano, and later as State Traffic Office of Kano State Police Command and moving on to be Kano State Police Public Relations Officer, where he spent seven years.

He then served as Personal Assistant to late Ganiyu Ali Dawodu, then Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) in charge of the FCID, from 2010 to 2012.

Between 2012 and 2016, he was seconded to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Headquarters (EFCC) Abuja, serving variously as Head, Counter Terrorism and General Investigation Unit, Head, Enforcement Non-Designated Financial Institutions and Special Assistant Media to then EFCC Executive Chairman.

He returned to the Police to head the Anti Human Trafficking Section, Force CID, Abuja, posted to the Police Training School Bauchi as the Commandant from 2017 to 2019 before serving as Assistant Commissioner of Police, Operations Gombe State Police Command between year 2020 and 2021.

He has also served Deputy Commissioner of Police (DPC) CID Western Port Authority Lagos, redeployed to Awka in same capacity and became DC X-Squad at the Force Criminal Investigation Department Annex Lagos.

Not new to the Akwa Ibom State Command, CP Azare has been DC Operations at the Command in 2023 during time he was credited with mopping up several illegal firearms and arrest of criminals suspects in crime fighting in the state till recent promotion as CP December last year.

Aside attending several capacity boosting courses home and abroad, CP Azare is Fellow Security Institute (Fsi) and holds the title, ‘Sarkin Noman Katagum’, first of its kind in Bauchi State.