JUST IN! IGP EGBETOKUN DECORATES CP LAGOS IDOWU OWOHUNWA WITH NEW RANK AS AIG; GOV. SANWO-OLU, AYO OGUNSAN, ALKALI BABA, OLOWORO OF OWORO PRESENT AT FORCE HQ.
By Oki Samson, Trek Africa Newspaper
Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun (6th left); Executive Governor, Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu (6th right); Executive Governor, Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello (2nd left); Governor, Akwa Ibom state, Pst. Umo Eno (left); Board Member, Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), Dr. Ayo Ogunsan (4th right); Immediate past Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba (retd) (right); newly decorated Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG Idowu Owohunwa (5th left); Oloworo of Oworo kingdom, HRM Babatunde Saliu (3rd right); Wife, Mrs. Folayemi Owohunwa (4th left); and others during the decoration with the new rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police for AIG Idowu Owohunwa at the Force Headquarters, Abuja.
The highly cerebral and effective Commissioner of Police in Lagos, Idowu Owohunwa today ceased to be in the CP rank. This is following his decoration ceremony with the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) rank by the acting Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun at the Force HQ, Abuja.
L-R: Wife, Mrs. Folayemi Owohunwa; AIG Idowu Owohunwa and Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun during the decoration of AIG Owohuna with the new rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police at the Force Headquarters, Abuja.
To show their unalloyed support for the excellent Lagos performer who is newly-decorated AIG, Trek Africa Newspaper can report that the Executive Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu; Executive Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello; Board Member of Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), Dr. Ayo Ogunsan; Immediate past Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba (retd); Oloworo of Oworo kingdom, HRM Babatunde Saliu are physically present to witness the decoration ceremony.
Others present at the event are the Governor of Akwa Ibom state, Umo Eno; the wife, Mrs. Folayemi Owohunwa, royal fathers from Kogi state, children, family, and friends.
Trek Africa Newspaper can recall that the new AIG Idowu Owohunwa took the office of Commissioner of Police in Lagos on 14th February this year and has actively played immense role in ensuring safety and security in Lagos State.
Before becoming CP of Lagos State Police Command, AIG Idowu Owohunwa was the Principal Staff Officer to the former Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, a role which positioned him to monitor policing issues across all the 36 States of the Federation and the FCT on daily basis.
Before then, Owohunwa had served as the Personal Assistant to IGP Solomon Arase (Rtd); Head of the Special Investigations Unit, FCID, Abuja; Head of the Security and Enforcement Unit of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Abuja; AC (Operations), Katsina State Police Command; AC (Administration), Zone 7 Police Headquarters, Abuja, and Assistant Director, (Department of Internal Security) Office of the National Security Adviser, Abuja.
