Asabi Assumes Duty as Ondo CP, Promises Optimal Performance

Fidelis David in Akure

A new Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Oladimeji Asabi, has been deployed in Ondo State by the Inspector General of Police (IG), Mr. Kayode Egbetokun.

Asabi replaces Taiwo Jesubiyi, who retired from the police force on August 24.

Speaking with journalists when he assumed duty yesterday, the new CP expressed his determination to synergise, strategise and revitalise the existing security architecture in the state for optimal performance.

According to Asabi, the new post offered a golden opportunity to provide professional services in ensuring peace and security, as the 43rd commissioner of police in the state. The CP, who said the officers and men of the state Police Command would rededicate themselves to service delivery, and remain focused on ensuring that crimes were mitigated to the barest minimum, stressed that the state would continue to witness further improvement in the policing system, in crime prevention, swift response to incidents, and the overall safety of Ondo State.

He said: “As the leading security agency in internal security in the state, the Command shall continue to collaborate with other security agencies and support local security outfits within our communities to combat crime. The area commanders, Divisional Police Officers (DPOs), tactical team commanders, and heads of department are to ensure concerted efforts in the supervision and control of personnel under their watch.

“Also, I shall ensure that professionalism, respect for human rights, and international best practices shall be our watchword and guiding principles.

“I am also using this opportunity to encourage the fourth estate of the realm to continue to see us as partners in progress in all its activities as we shall operate with required openness, so as to ensure that genuine information is disseminated to the people.

“In the same vein, I call on the good people of Ondo State to also cooperate with us to ensure smooth policing and public relations.”