Kayode Egbetokun (born September 1964) is a Nigerian police officer who is the current and 22nd

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. He was appointed by the

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Bola Ahmed Tinubu Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu (born 29 March 1952) is a Nigerian politician serving as the 16th and current president of Nigeria since 2023. He previously served as the governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007, and senator for Lagos ...

to replace

Usman Alkali Baba Usman Alkali Baba CFR (born 1 March 1963) was the 21st Nigerian Inspector General of Police (Nigeria), Inspector General of Police. He was appointed by the President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari to replace Mohammed Adamu who retired from Nigeria ...

Early life and education

Egbetokun was born on 4 September 1964 in Erinja in the

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local government area of

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. He graduated from the

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, 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

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. He went on to receive a

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in Petroleum Economics from

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in 2000 and an

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from

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in 2004. He also received a PhD in Peace and Security Studies from

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Career

Egbetokun enlisted in the

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on 3 March 1990 as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police. As a deputy superintendent of Police in 1999, he was appointed the chief security officer to the then-elected governor of Lagos State,

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, who is now the

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. 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. On 19 June 2023, President Tinubu appointed Egbetokun to replace Usman Alkali Baba. 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.

References

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