Idris appoints Tinubu’s ex-CSO, Egbetokun, as acting Lagos CP

The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has directed Mr.
Kayode Egbetokun to take over from erstwhile Lagos State
Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, as the Acting Police
Commissioner in the state.

Sources said Edgal has been directed to take charge of the
Explosives and Ordinance Disposal Unit at the Force headquarters,
Abuja.

It could not be immediately ascertained if Egbetokun, who was
former Chief Security Officer to former Lagos State Governor, Bola
Tinubu, would be made the substantive CP.

The new acting Lagos Police boss was the CP in charge of
Explosives and Ordinance unit.

He also supervised the Osun governorship election in Ikire town,
where a number of buses and motorcycles were seized for violating
the restriction of movement during the poll.

A source said, “The redeployment of Egbetokun to Lagos was part
of the Police operational strategies ahead of the 2019 general
elections.

“You will recall that a number of senior Police officers,
including Command Commissioners of Police, were redeployed in the
past few weeks, which the Force headquarters has deliberately not
made public, contrary to the usual practice.”

Our correspondent had reported exclusively last week that the
Force had been carrying out a massive redeployment of senior
officers across the country.

Findings indicate that the Police leadership had, in the past
weeks, redeployed the CPs in Zamfara, Edo, Ekiti, Imo and Bauchi
Commands ahead of the polls holding next month.

This is coming against the backdrop of the expected retirement
of the IG, who would clock 60 years on Tuesday.

Egbetokun was a Deputy Superintendent of Police in 1999 when he
was appointed the CSO to then Governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed
Tinubu; and in that capacity coordinated the security of the entire
state while reporting to the governor.

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.

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.