Fayoade Adegoke takes over from Owohunwa as Lagos CP
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has deployed Fayoade Adegoke to take over as the new Commissioner of Police (CP) in Lagos.
The redeployment is contained in a signal signed by the force secretary, AIG Olanrewaju Oladimeji.
Before his new posting, Mr Adegoke was in charge of armament at the Force Headquarters, Abuja.
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, where he graduated among 96 distinguished Nigerians as Executive Course 45.
Mr Adegoke will take over from Idowu Owohunwa, who was promoted to Assistant Inspector-General of Police, in charge of the Federal Criminal Investigation Department, Alagbon Ikoyi, Lagos.
(NAN)
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