Dankombo Morris Assumes Office As 32nd Adamawa Police Commissioner

A new Commissioner of Police (CP), Dankombo Morris, has assumed duty as the 32nd Commissioner of Police in Adamawa State.

This was disclosed by the Command’s spokesman, SP Suleiman Nguroje, in a statement shared with THE WHISTLER on Tuesday.

The new CP took over from CP Afolabi Babatola, who was recently promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) and redeployed to higher responsibility as AIG in charge of Zone 3 Headquarters Supervising Adamawa and Taraba States.

CP Morris hails from the Kaltungu Local Government Area of Gombe State, and holds a BA (Hons) in History, from the University of Maiduguri, Borno State. He also has an MA in International Relations added to his credentials.

He was enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force in the year 1992, as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police and rose through ranks.

Over the last three decades in the Force, CP Dankombo attended several tactical leadership courses both within and outside the Country.

Some of the key posts held by Morris include: Combat/Operational course (Mobile training camp, Gwoza), Citizenship and Leadership course (Sheri Hills, Jos plateau State), Advanced Detective Course (ADC Psc Jos 2001) and Central planning and Training unit (CPTU, PSC JOS 2001).

Others are Community policing Developer course (Psc, Jos, 2005), Crime Fighting Stimulation Training Exercises (Armed force Stimulation center, Jaji (2014), Strategic Leadership and Command Course (Psc Jos, 2017).

He has also held several Command positions and carried out multiple tasks in his illustrious career. Some of these include; Patrol and Guard, Admin Officer and Divisional Crime officer in Bali Local Govenment Area, Taraba State.(1995- 1997), Chief Superintendent of Police Administration (CSP A, Bauchi Command).

Others are Divisional police officer, Bali, Taraba State, Hadejia, Jigawa state, Gamboru Ngala, Borno State and Owerri West Division, Imo State (2013- 2018), Directing Staff (PSC, Jos,) Area Commander, Birni Gwari, Kaduna and Rano Kano States (2018- 2019), Until now he was Deputy Commissioner of Police Administration and Operations Yola, Adamawa State.