Meet the new FCT Commissioner of Police, Dantawaye Miller

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has announced the appointment of CP Dantawaye Miller as the new Commissioner of Police, FCT Police Command.

He succeeds CP Ajao Adewale, who has been redeployed.

Here are a few things we know about the new CP:

• Dantawaye Miller is a seasoned police officer with over two decades of meritorious service.

• He attended Government College, Katsina, the Federal Government College, Enugu, and Kaduna State Polytechnic, Zaria, where he bagged a Diploma in Business Administration.

• CP Miller also holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in International Studies from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and a Master’s Degree in International Studies from the University of Ilorin in Kwara State.

• The new CP was enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police Course 20 in May 2000. He began his policing career at the Bayelsa State Police Command in January 2002.

• He served as Divisional Crime Officer, ‘A’ Division, Yenagoa; Acting Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Bayelsa State; Escort Commander to the Vice President; Chief Security Officer at the Ministry of Petroleum; and Commanding Officer, MOPOL 24 at the Presidential Villa.

• He also served as Escort Commander to the then President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; Assistant Commissioner of Police (Operations), FCT Police Command; Area Commander, Karewa, Adamawa State and Assistant Commissioner (CID), Oyo State Command.

• He was Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations), Yobe and Edo State Commands; and later Commissioner of Police, Information Technology (IT), Force Headquarters, Abuja.

• Before his current posting, he was the Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Command.

• A consummate professional, CP Miller has attended many courses, including the Combat Operations and Counter-Terrorism Course at Gwoza, Maiduguri; Leadership Training at Shere Hills, Jos; the VVIP Protection Course in Ginegal, Israel; and the Strategic Leadership and Command Course at the Police Staff College, Jos.

• He is an Associate Member of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) and an active Member of Rotary International.