DIG Kayode Egbetokun: Seven interesting facts about new acting Inspector-General of Police

President Bola Tinubu, on Monday night, June 19, appointed his former Chief Security Officer (CSO), DIG Egbetokun Olukayode, as the acting Inspector General of Police (IGP).

This is coming barely three months after the Police Service Commission (PSC) approved the appointment of Egbetokun as a Deputy-Inspector General of Police who will be representing the southwest geopolitical zone of the country, The Punch reported.

DIG Egbetokun replaced DIG Johnson Babatunde Kokumo, who retired from the Service on March 15 this year, PM News report added.

His appointment as IG was made known in a statement by the director of information, office of the Secretary-General to the Federation (SGF), Willie Bassey.

Meanwhile, here are six things to know about the newly appointed acting IGP.

1. Egbetokun was the former Commissioner of Police in Lagos State.

2. He will be replacing Usman Baba.

3. In 1999, he was appointed Chief Security Officer to President Tinubu when he was Lagos state governor.

4. 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.

5. Egbetokun was a mathematician. He graduated from the University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos, with a 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.

6. He also holds MSc in Engineering Analysis from UNILAG, Postgraduate Diploma in Petroleum Economics from Delta State University, Abraka, and MBA from Lagos State University, Ojo.

7. Until his latest appointment, he was DIG representing the southwest zone in the police management team