The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has approved the demobilisation and redeployment of several Inspectors and rank-and-file personnel from different Police Mobile Force (PMF) squadrons across the country.
According to an internal police signal dated May 18, 2026, and reportedly obtained by SaharaReporters, the directive was issued from the Department of Operations at Force Headquarters in Abuja.
The memo, referenced “CH:5660/DOPS/PMF/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.89/196,” was signed on behalf of the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Operations and sent to PMF squadrons in locations including Keffi, Ibadan, Yola, Ilorin, Abeokuta, Owerri, Port Harcourt, Ikeja, Asaba, Lokoja, Gusau, Zaria, Ikorodu, Obudu, Okene and several others.
According to the directive, the affected officers are to be withdrawn from the Police Mobile Force and returned to their respective state commands on what the police described as “health and compassionate grounds.”
The Police Mobile Force serves as the tactical unit of the Nigeria Police Force and is regularly deployed for riot control, counter-insurgency operations, and internal security assignments across different parts of the country.
Among the officers affected are Inspectors Ibrahim James, Garba Shehu, Wangkat Danfa, Korah Joshua, Kennedy Ishaya, Elizabeth Opara, and several others, alongside sergeants, corporals and police constables redeployed to commands including Lagos, Rivers, Kano, Kaduna, Bauchi, Sokoto, Katsina and the FCT.
The development comes just days after another internal police reshuffling approved by the IGP affected officers within the Edo State Police Command as part of what authorities described as an ongoing administrative reorganisation within the force.
Security observers say the latest redeployment may be connected to internal restructuring, welfare considerations, operational balancing and manpower redistribution across commands amid rising security concerns nationwide.