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The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has approved the appointment of Deputy Commissioner of Police, Anthony Placid, as the new Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police Force.
Placid takes over from Benjamin Hundeyin, who previously served as the force spokesperson.
The appointment was announced in a statement issued on Sunday by Hundeyin at the Force Headquarters in Abuja.
According to the statement, Placid is an experienced police officer with a background spanning administration, operations, intelligence, training and international peacekeeping missions.
Born on December 2, 1970, in Uyo, he is from Mbiokporo Nsit in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.
The statement noted that Placid joined the Nigeria Police Force in 1996 as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police at the Police Academy, Kano and was commissioned in August 1998.
Placid has held several positions within and outside Nigeria. His previous roles include Police Public Relations Officer in Adamawa State, PPRO at the Police Staff College in Jos, Chief of Training for the African Union Mission in Sudan, and Head of Training and Development with the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur.
He also served as Divisional Police Officer in several locations including Federal Housing in Calabar, Bakassi, Uruan and Gembu, as well as Officer-in-Charge of the Anti-Robbery Unit in Kaduna State.
Other roles he has held include African Union Election Security Adviser, Assistant Commissioner of Police for Operations in Akwa Ibom State and Kogi State, Assistant Commissioner of Police in the Intelligence Department in Abia State, and Deputy in charge of Administration and Finance at Zone 3 Headquarters in Yola.
