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MEET THE NEW ACTING IGP 'EGBETOKUN OLUKAYODE '.(PHOTO).



Meet new acting Inspector-General of Police, Egbetokun Olukayode


President Bola Tinubu on Monday night appointed his former Chief Security Officer, DIG Egbetokun Olukayode as the acting Inspector General of Police.


This is coming barely three months after the Police Service Commission approved the appointment of Egbetokun as a Deputy-Inspector General of Police who will be representing the South-West geopolitical zone of the country.


DIG Egbetokun replaced DIG Johnson Babatunde Kokumo who retired from the Service on March 15 this year.


His appointment as IG was made known in a statement by the Director, Information, Office of the Secretary-General to the Federation, Willie Bassey.


Meanwhile, here are the six things to know about the newly appointed acting IGP


1. Egbetokun was the former Commissioner of Police in Lagos State.


2. He will be replacing Usman Baba.


3. In 1999, he was appointed Chief Security Officer to President Tinubu when he was Lagos State governor.


4. He served as the Commander, Rapid Response Squad, Lagos, Squadron Commander, Mopol 5, Benin, Benin City, Officer-in-Charge, Anti-Fraud Unit, FCT Command, Abuja; Chief Superintendent of Police, Administration, Lagos State Command Head Quarters, Ikeja; Area Commander, Osogbo, Osun State Command; and Area Commander, Gusau, Zamfara State Command, among others.


5. Egbetokun graduated from the University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics in June 1987; and lectured Mathematics briefly at Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, before his enlistment into the Police Force.


6. He also holds MSc in Engineering Analysis from UNILAG, Postgraduate Diploma in Petroleum Economics from Delta State University, Abraka, and MBA from Lagos State University, Ojo.

 

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