Tokwuru succeeds Pedro as South South Police DIG

Assistant Inspector General of Police Jonathan Towuru has been appointed as the new Deputy Inspector General of Police represent the South South region at the Police Service Commission.

Ikechukwu Ani, the spokesperson of at the commission said Towuru was appointed following the retirement of DIG Daniel Pedro.

Pedro retired as the DIG in charge of Information and Communications Technology and would be succeeded by Towuru who had served as the Assistant Commissioner of Police at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Enugu; Commissioner of Police, Western Port, Apapa, Lagos; AIG, Zone 6 Headquarters, Calabar among many other key positions.

According to Ani, Towuru was born in Ouwodo Kpokpo Olomu, Ughelli South LGA of Delta State on December 1965.