AIG Cookey Christy Ibiso takes charge at zone 11 command, Osogbo

By Richard Akintade, Osogbo

The newly deployed Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) In-charge of Zone11 Command, Osogbo, Comprises of Oyo and Osun States Commands, AIG Cookey Christy Ibiso, has assumed duty, assuring to motivate officers and men of the force to work, and secure their jurisdiction effectively.

She also promised to introduce visible and community approach in policing the zone.

According to the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO of the Zone 11 Command, SP Ayeni Benjamin, in a press statement issued and made available to newsmen in Osogbo on Thursday, AIG Ibiso, is an indigene of Opobo town in Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area of Rivers State and she secured appointment into the force on the 15th march 1988 as a cadet ASP.

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According to the statement, “the new Zone 11 AIG, is a graduate of University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State where she has a Bachelor of Art in Mass Communication. She obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Education at the University of Port Harcourt, and she capped it up with a Masters Degree in Educational Management at the University of Science and Technology Portharcourt, Rivers State.

“She attended both local and international professional courses which includes; Psychology in Police Education Course at St Petersburg Russia 2008, Tactical Leadership and Command Course at Police Staff College Jos 2010, and Strategic Leadership and Command Course, also at Police Staff College, Jos, 2015,” the statement said.

The statement added that, the AIG Cookey had served in various formations and held different positions.

“She was CSP ‘A’ Rivers State Command in 2008, 2ic B’OP’s Rivers State Command 2009, 2ic State CID Rivers State Command same year. She also served as AC Admin. Bayelsa State Command from 2010 to 2016 where she was promoted and transferred to Zone 6, Calabar as DC Admin. she worked there till 2019.

“When she was promoted CP, AIG Cookey served as CP Investment, DLS Force Headquarters Abuja in 2020 and was CP Welfare DFA force Headquarters Abuja from 2021 to 2022 where she was promoted to the enviable Rank of AIG and posted to Zone11 Command Osogbo.”