Mr Austin Agbonlahor has been appointed as the Plateau Police Commissioner.

Until his appointment, Agbonlahor was the commissioner in charge of Operations at the Force Headquarters, Abuja.

This was obtained in statement made available by Plateau Command’s spokesman, DSP Terna Tyopev, to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Jos.

Tyopev said Agbonlahor replaced Mr Undie Adie, who has been redeployed by the police authorities.

The new commissioner, who hails from Edo, graduated from the University of Benin and he is a fellow of the National Defence College.

He also served as Director of Courses at the Nigerian Police Academy in Wudil, Kano State.