[2][3] At the ceremony where he formally assumed the acting IGP post in July 2009, Ogbonna Okechukwu Onovo promised continuity with the direction set by his predecessor.
[5] In August 2009, Ogbonna Okechukwu Onovo said that aide de camps (ADC's) attached to governors or political office holders would be allowed to spend no more than three years on that assignment, after which they must return to the force.
He also announced a campaign to deploy mobile police officers to address the high rate of kidnapping in Anambra State and the entire South East.
[6] In late July 2009, members of the extremist Boko Haram sect went on the rampage in five Northern States of Nigeria, attacking several police stations.
[8] In September 2009, Ogbonna Okechukwu Onovo declared the 20 police who had died trying to maintain order "National Heroes" and presented cheques to their families in compensation.