President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed his former Chief Security Officer (CSO) as Governor of Lagos State, Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun, as the Inspector General of Police (IGP).
The appointment follows the sweeping changes of Nigeria’s top security team in which the Chief of Defence Staff, Service Chiefs and IGP, Usman Alkali Baba were swept off their seats.
Until the appointment, Egbetokun, was the Deputy Inspector-General (DIG) of Police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID) Force Headquarters, Abuja.
Egbetokun was until the appointment as DIG FCID the supervising DIG for the South-West Geo-Political Zone.
In 1999, he was appointed Chief Security Officer (CSO) to Governor of Lagos State and now President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Born on Sept. 4, 1964 in Erinja, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State, Egbetokun enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force on March 3, 1990, as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police.
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.
He was Commissioner of Police (CP) Kwara State and until his recent promotion the AIG in charge of Zone 7 Abuja comprising the FCT and Niger State.
Egbetokun graduated from the University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos, with 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.
His other academic qualifications include MSC Engineering Analysis, also from the University of Lagos, Akoka, 1996; Post-Graduate Diploma in Petroleum Economics from Delta State University, Abraka, 2000; and an MBA from Lagos State University, Ojo, 2004.
A 1987 graduate of Mathematics from University of Lagos (UNILAG), Egbetokun lectured Mathematics briefly at Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, before his enlistment into the police.
He also holds MSc Engineering Analysis from UNILAG, Postgraduate Diploma in Petroleum Economics from Delta State University, Abraka, and MBA from Lagos State University, Ojo.