On Monday evening, President Bola Tinubu named DIG Egbetokun Olukayode, a former chief security officer, as the acting inspector general of police.
This occurs just three months after Egbetokun’s appointment as the deputy inspector general of police for the South-West geopolitical region of the country was authorized by the Police Service Commission.
DIG Johnson Babatunde Kokumo, who retired from the Service on March 15 of this year, was replaced by DIG Egbetokun.
Willie Bassey, Director of Information in the Office of the Secretary-General to the Federation, announced his appointment as IG in a statement.
In the meanwhile, here are six things to know about the recently chosen acting IGP.
- In Lagos State, Egbetokun served as the previous police commissioner.
- He will be replacing Usman Baba.
- He served as President Tinubu’s chief security officer in 1999, when the latter was the governor of Lagos State.
- He held various positions including Squadron Commander, Mopol 5, Squadron Commander, Officer-in-Charge, Anti-Fraud Unit, FCT Command, Officer-in-Charge, Administration, Lagos State Command Head Quarters, Ikeja, Area Commander, Osogbo, Osun State Command, and Area Commander, Gusau, Zamfara State Command.
- In June 1987, Egbetokun received his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of Lagos in Akoka, Yaba, Lagos. Prior to joining the police force, he temporarily taught mathematics at the Yaba College of Technology in Lagos.
- Additionally, he has an MBA from Lagos State University, Ojo, a Postgraduate Diploma in Petroleum Economics from Delta State University, Abraka, and an MSc in Engineering Analysis from UNILAG.