Nigeria: Buhari Approves Re-Organisation of Nigeria Police, Creates New Formations

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a major re-organisation of Nigeria Police Force, creating a full-fledged intelligence unit cut out of the Force Criminal Investigation Department, and five new zonal commands, among other structural changes.

"Mr President approved that the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) be excised from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) to be a full-fledged Department to be headed by a Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG)," read a May 27 police circular, signed by the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu.

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