Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the redeployment of Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers serving along the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria highways starting from Zuba Division of FCT.

Others affected by the order are Inspectors and Rank and Files serving in those Police Divisions.

Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood said the measure was to ensure total success of the operations currently ongoing on the route, saying new personnel to replace the redeployed ones have been posted to the affected divisions.

Moshood, a Chief Superintendent of Police, said the exercise was aimed at bringing in new experience and fresh impetus to the fight against kidnappings, armed robberies and other violent crimes on the Highways.

In another development, Moshood said Idris had given posthumous promotion to late Inspector Idris Musa to the rank of an Assistant Superintendent of Police.

Moshood said the gesture was for act of bravery, gallantry and supreme sacrifice paid by the deceased in active service to his fatherland.

He said Musa would be remembered as one of the heroes of the Nigeria Police Force in the fight against Boko-Haram insurgency in Nigeria.

Musa died on July 24 from the injuries sustained during an attack from the remnant of Boko-Haram insurgents in Kano on July 23.