Kayode Egbetokun | |
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22nd Inspector General of Police | |
Assumed office 19 June 2023 | |
Preceded by | Usman Alkali Baba |
President | Bola Tinubu |
Personal details | |
Born | Erinja,Yewa South,Ogun State | 4 September 1964
Nationality | Nigerian |
Alma mater | University of Lagos Delta State University Lagos State University Al-Hikmah University |
Occupation | Police officer |
Kayode Egbetokun (born September 1964),is a Nigerian police officer who is the current and 22nd Inspector General of Police. He was appointed by the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to replace Usman Alkali Baba. [1]
Egbetokun was born on 4 September 1964 in Erinja in the Yewa South local government area of Ogun state. He graduated from the University of Lagos,Akoka,with a bachelor's degree in Mathematics in June 1987,later receiving a master's degree in Engineering Analysis in 1996. He briefly lectured in Mathematics at the Yaba College of Technology. [2] [1]
He went on to receive a postgraduate diploma in Petroleum Economics from Delta State University in 2000 and an MBA from Lagos State University in 2004. [2] He also received a PhD in Peace and Security Studies from Al-Hikmah University in Ilorin,Kwara State. [3]
Egbetokun enlisted in the Nigeria Police Force on 3 March 1990 as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police. [1] As a deputy superintendent of Police in 1999,he was appointed the chief security officer to the then-elected governor of Lagos State,Bola Tinubu,who is now the President of Nigeria. [1]
He has served as the Commander,Rapid Response Squad (RRS),Lagos,Squadron Commander,MOPOL,Anti-Fraud Unit,FCT Command,Abuja,Chief Superintendent of Police,Administration,Lagos State Command headquarters,Ikeja,Area Commander,Osogbo,Osun State Command and Area Commander,Gusau,Zamfara State Command. [2]
On 19 June 2023,President Tinubu appointed Egbetokun to replace Usman Alkali Baba. [2] [3] Until his appointment as the inspector general,he was a deputy inspector-general of police and supervising DIG for the South-West geo-political zone,to head the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID),Force Headquarters,Abuja since 6 April 2023. [2]
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