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Fayoade Adegoke appointed as Lagos police commissioner

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has deployed Fayoade Adegoke to take over as the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.

The redeployment was contained in a statement issued by the Force Secretary, AIG Olanrewaju Oladimeji, on Tuesday, December 12, 2023.

Before his new posting, Adegoke was in charge of Armament at the Force Headquarters in Abuja.

READ ALSO: IGP redeploys 14 AIGs, 26 CPs

While serving in that capacity, he was sent for a course at the Nigerian Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Kuru-Jos, Plateau State, where he graduated among 96 Nigerians as Executive Course 45.

Adegoke will take over from Idowu Owohunwa, who had been promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of the Federal Criminal Investigation Department, Alagbon, Ikoyi, Lagos State.

The Star

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