POLICE Lt. Gen. Manuel Abu was designated as the new Chief Directorial Staff of the Philippine National Police (PNP).
He will take the reins of the position vacated by Police Lt. Gen. Vicente Danao, who was assigned as PNP Deputy Chief for Operation before he was designated officer-in-charge of the PNP.
His former assignments include the Directorate for Integrated Police Operations Eastern Mindanao and also became Regional Director of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
Gen. Abu is a product of the Philippine Military Academy Class of 1989.