Sadiq Abubakar has resumed office as the 29th Commissioner of Police in-charge of the Federal Capital Territory, on Friday.
Abubakar who is amember of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, took over from CP Babaji Sunday, who has been redeployed.
According to a statement by FCT Police Spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, Abubakar is a PhD holder with a Masters of Education degree in Educational Psychology, both he obtained from the University of Abuja.
He also holds a Bachelor of Science Education degree in Geography from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto.
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He enlisted into the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) in 1992, as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police and has since served the Force and the country at large in diverse capacities including as; Commanding Officer 15 Squadron Police Mobile Force, Ilorin, Kwara State; Chief of Training, Directorate of Peacekeeping Operations, FHQ, Abuja; Police Contingent Commander to Guinea Bissau, ECOWAS Standby Force; and Commandant, PMF Training College Ila-Orangun, Osun State.
He was the Commissioner of Police Peacekeeping Operations and Coordinator Police Special Forces before his nomination for the Senior Executive Course at the National Institute between February and December, 2022.
“CP Abubakar has attended many courses, seminars, conferences and workshops both within and outside Nigeria. Some of these include: Advance Detective Course, Police Staff College Jos; PMF Commanders’ Combat Course, PMF training College, Ila-Orangun Osun State; Basic Infantry Tactics for Counter-Terrorism, Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, Kaduna; ECOWAS Standby Force Map Exercise, Kofi Anan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, Accra Ghana; United Nations Special Police Assessment Team Workshop, Amman, Jordan; Senior Management Course, KAIPTC, Accra Ghana; ECOWAS Workshop on Special Force Doctrine and Structure; UN Chief of Police Summit, New York, amongst others.
“CP Abubakar, while thanking the Inspector General of Police for the confidence reposed on him to serve in this capacity, assured the residents of FCT of a new dispensation of professional policing, and improved public safety and security,” Adeh added.
The CP urged residents to continue to support the police, assuring that work commences immediately.
