Olukayode Egbetokun, the acting Inspector-General of Police, has presented a new police plan for the Nigeria Police Force.
During the inaugural conference with Strategic Police Managers, which included members of the Force Management Team, Assistant Inspectors-General of Police, Commissioners of Police, and other Heads of Police Formations in the nation, today, Friday, June 23, 2023, at the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Peacekeeping Hall, Force Headquarters, Abuja, the IGP made public the new strategy intended to achieve operational successes and restore public trust.
The IGP’s policing vision focuses on upholding Nigeria’s legal framework, combating crime, and creating a specialized Quick Intervention Squad with trained members.
The acting Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has also appointed a Commissioner of Police, Tunji Disu, as his Principal Staff Officer.
The appointment, which is with immediate effect, was revealed through a police signal made available on Friday.
Mr Disu is the immediate past ommander of the Force Intelligence Bureau, Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force.
CP Disu is a graduate of English Education from Lagos State University. He was born on Lagos Island, Lagos State, on April 13, 1966.
He holds two Masters degrees, one in Public Administration from Adekunle Ajasin University, Ondo State, and the other in Criminology, Security and Legal Psychology from Lagos State University.
He joined the police on May 18, 1992. He has attended several professional courses both at home and abroad, including Small Arms Smuggling Training in Botswana; Internet Fraud Training at Cambridge University, UK; Strategic Leadership Command Course at the Police Staff College, Jos; and Forensic Investigations and Criminal Intelligence Course at the University of Lagos, amongst others.
Disu was appointed as Commander, Police Intelligence Response Team, on August 2, 2021, by former IG, Usman Baba, following the suspension of embattled DCP Abba Kyari.
Prior to that, he was the Commander, Rapid Response Squad, Lagos State, where he led a team that made several arrests of criminals, especially fraudulent persons.
He was at one time the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Department of Operations, Force Headquarters, Abuja.
He also served at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Rivers State, as the second in command of the unit.
He was also a former commander of the Nigeria Police Contingent to the African Union Peacekeeping Mission in Darfur, Sudan.