The IG of police has deployed a new Commissioner of Police to Anambra State.

The new Commissioner of Police is Echeng Eworo Echeng.

He is the fourth CP to be deployed in the state within a period of eight months.

Echeng is taking over from Tony Olofu who has been transferred to the Force Headquarters in Abuja.

Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, who announced the deployment of the new police chief in the state said the erstwhile police commissioner has been redeployed to the Force Headquarters, Abuja.

He noted that the IGP also ordered the deployment of a detachment of the police “Special Forces to Anambra State to bolster and complement the ongoing peace-building efforts of the Nigeria Police Operation Restore Peace in Anambra State.”