Facts you should know about newly-appointed Acting IGP

President Bola Tinubu on Monday appointed Kayode Egbetokun as the Acting Inspector-General of Police.

Here are facts you should know about the Senior Police Officer who is a Deputy Inspector General of Police.

The Acting IGP was born on September 4, 1964 and was the DIG, Force Criminal Investigation Department, Force Headquarters, Abuja before his appointment.

Egbetokun was born in Erinja, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State and enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force on March 3, 1990 as Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police.

He had his initial training at the Nigeria Police Academy and had served for more than 26 years in the Police Force.

The new I-G holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from the University of Lagos.

Prior to joining the Police Force, Egbetokun was a Mathematics Lecturer at the Yaba College of Technology, Lagos.

He also hold a Ph.D from Al-hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara State and was the first Ph.D. candidate to graduate from the university’s Centre for Peace and Security Studies.

Egbetokun also hold MSC in Engineering Analysis from the University of Lagos, Post Graduate Diploma in Petroleum Economics from Delta State University, Abraka and an MBA from the Lagos State University.
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