IGP Egbetokun: I feel like lion, ready to devour all Nigeria’s enemies

The newly-appointed Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has declared his readiness to tackle the security challenges bedevilling the country.

Egbetokun said he felt like a lion and ready to devour the internal enemies of Nigeria, adding he was enthusiastic and ready to handle the new task with dedication.

The IGP said this while speaking with journalists shortly after he was decorated with his new rank by Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday.

He said: “Now, I have just been decorated and looking forward to taking over tomorrow (Wednesday) at 11 a.m.

“I really can’t describe how I feel presently; but if have to say anything, I will tell you that right now, I feel like a tiger inside of me, ready to chase away all the criminals in Nigeria.

“And at another time, I feel like a lion in me, ready to devour all the internal enemies of Nigeria. That’s my feeling right now.”

Also speaking with State House correspondents after the decoration, the immediate past IGP, Usman Baba, said Egbetokun will champion the cause of the Nigeria Police Force.

Baba said: “It is a stage; you come; you work and you go. I am happy I am handing over to somebody I know that will carry the mantle of leadership from where I have stopped.

“We grew up together in the job; I was his boss; he worked under me twice; we have been working together and I know he can champion the cause of the Nigeria police from where I stopped.”

The decoration was witnessed by Egbetokun’s wife, Elizabeth, and the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila.

Others were Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume; and the newly-appointed National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu; among others.

The Star