Police Superintendent collapsed on receiving transfer directive to Borno

An Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) attached to the Central Police Station, Nnewi in Anambra State, yesterday fainted after he heard of a directive from the Office of the Inspector General of Police (IG) posting him to Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State.

Borno state where over 200 girls where kidnapped from their secondary school in a dare devil operation is regarded as the hotspot of insurgency in Nigeria.

The officer, of South-east extraction, according to reports, had less than a year left to retire from the service was among the 149 officers affected by the postings to different parts of the country.
It was gathered that the letter of transfer signed by Dan Azumi Job, an Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, indicated that officers within the ranks of ASP and Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) were affected in the mass transfer.

According to the signal from the AIG, obtained by ThisDay, the affected officers were supposed to have reported to their new command on June 9, 2014.

The Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano had about a fortnight ago requested the IGP to transfer out some of the officers within the police command following the allegation that some of them were colluding with criminal elements in the state, therefore making his battle against criminals difficult.

The officer, however, was said to have been revived by doctors and other medical personnel at a private hospital in Nnewi where he was rushed to after he slumped.

-Today.ng