Dino Melaye: IGP removes Kogi Police boss, detains 13 officers, transfers FSARS Commander, DPO, others over suspects’ escape

Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the immediate removal of Kogi State Police Commissioner, Mr Ali Janga.
A statement by Force Spokesman, ACP Jimoh Moshood, in Abuja on Wednesday, said the removal followed the escape from custody of two principal suspects and four others whose confession indicted Senator Dino Melaye.
The suspects are Kabiru Seidu, a.k.a Osama, Nuhu Salisu, a.ka small, Aliyu Isa, Adams Sulieman, Emmanuel Audu and Musa Mohaamed.
Moshood said that the IGP directed CP Esa Ogbu, the commissioner in charge of Federal Operations at the Force Headquarters, to take over as Kogi State Police Commissioner.
The spokesman said that 13 police officers involved in the escape of the suspects had been detained.
He said that the Commander in charge of Federal Special Anti Robbery Squad ( FSARS ) in the state, the DPO of A Division, Lokoja, and other officers implicated in the escape had been transferred out of the state.
The suspects were to appear on Wednesday at the Federal High Court, Lokoja, in a case of conspiracy and unlawful possession of prohibited firearms.
The suspects had implicated Melaye and Alhaji Mohammed Audu during their confessions.