As part of the ongoing re-organisation in the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Mr. Ibrahim Balarabe Maikaba has assumed office as the 32nd Commissioner of Police, Ports Authority Police, Western Command, Apapa, Lagos.
In a statement issued and signed by the Commands Public Relations Officer, ASP Isaac Hundeyin and made available to Maritime Bits, Maikaba takes over from Mr. Olanrewaju Olawale Ishola who has been redeployed as the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command.
Maritime Bits checks revealed that Maikaba was enlisted into NPF as a cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police in 1994. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Bayero University, Kano.
According to the statement, he attended several courses spanning through his three-decade policing career. These include Advance Detective Course, Tactical Leadership, and Command Course both held at the Police Staff College Jos, Strategic Leadership Training by the DFID, and several other courses in Community Policing.
Maikaba has served in various key administrative, operational and investigative capacities where he brought his experience to bear.
These include Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Kano and Katsina States Police Command; Commander, Joint Border Patrol in Maje, Kebbi State and Seme, Lagos State; Commander IGP Special Taskforce on Petroleum and Illegal Bunkering, FHQ, Abuja; Deputy Commissioner of Police FIRS, Deputy Commissioner of Police Zonal CID, Zone 1 Kano; the Deputy Commissioner of Police Operations, Kaduna and Delta State Commands among other assignments.
He was part of the United Nations (UN) contingent to Kosovo and Sudan in 2001 and 2006 respectively where he won two UN commendation medals.
The statement added that Maikaba’s experience transverses various formations and units across the country making him a versatile, thorough, and well-grounded senior Police officer. He is happily married with three children.
It enjoined stakeholders in the maritime industry to give Maikaba support and co-operation as he embarks on a voyage to maintain maximum security for enhanced trade facilitation in the nation seaports situated in Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre, Lagos.
