Hyelasinda Musa Kimo has been appointed as the new Commissioner of Police for Ebonyi State.

The appointment, according to Police signal from the Force Secretary, dated September 5, 2018, takes immediate effect.

The former commissioner of police in the state, Titus Sumba Larmode, has been redeployed to the Detective College, Enugu, as Commandant.

Lamorde’s tour of duty in the South East state was for about 18 months having been posted to Ebonyi in February 2017.

It was gathered that the newly appointed commissioner is already in the state and preparing to take over as soon as he gets the necessary briefs from his predecessor.