Afolabi assumes duty as 35th Abia Commissioner of Police

By Ben Ngwakwe, Gombe

UMUAHIA — The Abia State Police Command has welcomed a new Commissioner of Police, CP Wilfred Olutokunbo Afolabi, who has assumed duty as the 35th Commissioner of Police in the state.

Afolabi takes over from AIG Danladi Isa, who was promoted and redeployed to the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Annex, Kaduna.

In a statement issued on August 10, 2026, the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Maureen Chioma Chinaka, described the new commissioner as a seasoned police officer with more than three decades of service in the Nigeria Police Force.

Afolabi joined the force as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police on May 18, 1992, and has served in various strategic command, operational, administrative and international policing positions.