On Monday, President Bola Tinubu retired Usman Baba to appoint Kayode Egbetokun as the acting Inspector-General of Police.
DIG Egbetokun, was born on Sept. 4, 1964 in Erinja, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria.
The acting-IGP is a graduate of Mathematics from University of Lagos (UNILAG).
Egbetokun lectured Mathematics briefly at Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, before his enlistment into the police.
He has an MSC Engineering Analysis (UNILAG, 1996); a Post-Graduate Diploma in Petroleum Economics (Delta State University, 2000); and an MBA from Lagos State University, Ojo, 2004.
Egbetokun enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force on March 3, 1990, as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police.
In 1999, Tinubu appointed him as his Chief Security Officer while he was the Governor of Lagos State.
Egbetokun served as the Commander, Rapid Response Squad, Lagos; Squadron Commander, Mopol 5, Benin, Benin City; Officer-in-Charge, Anti-Fraud Unit, FCT Command, Abuja; Chief Superintendent of Police, Administration, Lagos State Command Head Quarters, Ikeja; Area Commander, Osogbo, Osun State Command; and Area Commander, Gusau, Zamfara State Command, amongst others.
On 29 September, 2020, Egbetokun was promoted to the position Commissioner of Police and was deployed to Kwara State.
He became an Assistant Inspector General of Police in September 2022, and was deployed to Zone 7 (Abuja).
Egbetokun became a Deputy Inspector General of Police on March 29, 2023 and deployed to the FCID.
DIG Kayode Egbetokun is currently the acting Inspector-General of Police
