DIG Kayode Egbetokun: 10 Interesting Facts About New Acting Inspector-General of Police

• President Bola Tinubu sacked the police boss, Usman Alkali Baba, and replaced him with Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun
• Tinubu also approved the retirement of all service chiefs, advisers, and Comptroller-General of Customs, as well as their replacements, with immediate effect on Monday, June 19
• Egbetokun lectured Mathematics briefly at Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, before his enlistment into the police

President Bola Tinubu, on Monday night, June 19, appointed his former Chief Security Officer (CSO), DIG Egbetokun Olukayode, as the acting Inspector General of Police (IGP).

This is coming barely three months after the Police Service Commission (PSC) approved the appointment of Egbetokun as a Deputy-Inspector General of Police who will be representing the southwest geopolitical zone of the country, The Punch reported.

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DIG Egbetokun replaced DIG Johnson Babatunde Kokumo, who retired from the Service on March 15 this year, PM News report added.

His appointment as IG was made known in a statement by the director of information, office of the Secretary-General to the Federation (SGF), Willie Bassey.

Interesting facts about the new police boss, DIG Egbetokun Olukayode

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

1. The new I-G, born on Sept. 4, 1964, was the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), Force Criminal Investigation Department, Force Headquarters, Abuja before the appointment.
2. Egbetokun was born in Erinja, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun and enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force on March 3, 1990, as Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police.
3. He had his initial training at the Nigeria Police Academy and had served for more than 26 years in the Police Force.
4. Egbetokun was the former Commissioner of Police in Lagos State.
5. He will be replacing Usman Baba.
6. In 1999, he was appointed Chief Security Officer to President Tinubu when he was Lagos state governor.
7. 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.
8. Egbetokun was a mathematician. He 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.
9. 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.
10. Until his latest appointment, he was DIG representing the southwest zone in the police management team.

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President Bola Tinubu dissolved the governing boards of all federal government agencies, institutions, companies, and parastatals on Monday, June 19.

According to a tweet by the Ministry of Information and Culture, the development would not affect councils and commissions listed in the Third Schedule Part 1, Section 153 (i) of the 1999 Constitution as amended.

President Tinubu departs Nigeria for France on Tuesday

Legit.ng earlier reported that President Bola Tinubu will be out of Nigeria on Tuesday for the signing of a New Global Financial Pact in Paris, the capital of France.

The visit will be the first official outing of Bola Tinubu as Nigerian President since he resumed office 23 days ago.

Joining on the trip are members of the Presidential Policy Advisory Council and they are expected to return to the country on Saturday.

Source: Legit.ng