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Shettima decorates acting IGP Egbetokun with new rank
Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Tuesday decorated Kayode Egbetokun with the rank of inspector-general of police (IGP).
Egbetokun was decorated at the presidential villa on Tuesday.
On Monday, President Bola Tinubu approved the immediate retirement of all security chiefs — including former IGP Usman Baba.
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Egbetokun was born on September 4, 1964 in Erinja, Yewa South LGA of Ogun state. He started his journey into the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) in 1990 as a cadet assistant superintendent of police and in 1999, he was appointed chief security officer to Tinubu, then governor of Lagos.
He graduated from the University of Lagos with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics in June 1987 and lectured briefly at Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, before his enlistment into the police.
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