The acting Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun has appointed a Commissioner of Police, Tunji Disu as his Principal Staff Officer.
The appointment, which is with immediate effect, was revealed through a police signal obtained by newsmen on Friday.
Disu is the immediate past Commander of the Force Intelligence Bureau, Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force.
Born on Lagos Island, Lagos State, on 13th April 1966, and joined the police on 18th May 1992.
He is a graduate of English Education of Lagos State University.
Disu holds two Masters degrees – one in Public Administration from Adekunle Ajasin University, Ondo State, and the other in Criminology, Security and Legal Psychology from Lagos State University.
He has attended several professional courses both at home and abroad, including Small Arms Smuggling Training in Botswana; Internet Fraud Training at Cambridge University, UK; Strategic Leadership Command Course at the Police Staff College, Jos; and Forensic Investigations and Criminal Intelligence Course at the University of Lagos, amongst others.
Disu was appointed as Commander, Police Intelligence Response Team, on 2nd August \2021, by the then IG, Usman Alkali Baba, following the suspension of embattled Deputy Commissioner Abba Kyari.
Prior to that, he was the Commander of Rapid Response Squad, Lagos State, where he led a team that made several arrests of criminals, especially fraudulent persons.
He was at one time the DCP, Department of Operations at the Force Headquarters, Abuja.
He also served at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Rivers State, as the second in command of the unit.
He was also a former commander of the Nigeria Police Contingent to the African Union Peacekeeping Mission in Darfur, Sudan.
