The newly appointed inspector-general of police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun was on Tuesday decorated with the rank of IGP by Vice-President Kashim Shettima. The decoration of Egbetokun took place at the presidential villa.
Recall that on Monday, President Bola Tinubu approved the immediate retirement of all security chiefs — including former IGP Usman Baba.
Profile of new inspector-general of police
Egbetokun was born on September 4, 1964 in Erinja, Yewa South LGA of Ogun state. He started his journey into the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) in 1990 as a cadet assistant superintendent of police and in 1999, he was appointed chief security officer to Tinubu, then governor of Lagos.
He graduated from the University of Lagos with a bachelor of science degree in mathematics in June 1987 and lectured briefly at Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, before his enlistment into the police.
Here are photos of the ceremony.
Speaking after his decoration, Egbetokun said “I am looking forward to taking over tomorrow morning by 11 am”.
“I really can’t describe how I feel presently, but if I have to tell you anything, I will tell you that right now I feel like a tiger inside of me, ready to chase away all the criminals in Nigeria.
“And some other times, I feel like a lion in me ready to devour all the internal enemies of Nigeria. That’s my feeling right now.”
Usman Baba, the immediate past IGP, was also present at the decoration ceremony of Egbetokun.
