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Police Council Confirms Egbetokun As IGP
The Nigeria Police Council has confirmed Kayode Egbetokun as the substantive Inspector General Of Police (IGP).
Bauch State Governor, Bala Mohammed, disclosed this after a police council meeting held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday.
President Tinubu had on Monday, June 19, 2023, appointed Egbetokun as IGP in acting capacity to replace Usman Baba, who was appointed as the IGP by former President Muhammadu Buhari on April 6, 2021.
Egbetokun, who hails from Egbado South Local Government Area of Ogun State, was born on September 4, 1964, and enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force as a Cadet ASP (Course 16) on March 3, 1990.
According to police rules, he would have been 35 years in service by September 2024.