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The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has redeployed the Commissioner of Police, Rivers State Command, Tunji Disu, to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, as part of ongoing efforts to restructure and boost security in the country.
To avoid leadership vacuum in Rivers, the police boss has redeployed the Delta Commissioner of Police, Olufemi Abaniwonda, to the state while ordering CP Peter Opara to leave the FCT to resume duty in Delta.
As gathered, the signals for the redeployment and restructuring have been approved by the IGP and have been dispatched on Tuesday for implementation.
RocketparrotNews gathered that the senior police officers after receiving the signals on their new assignments had started gathering their belongings to resume at their new duty posts.
The redeployment of Disu out of Rivers came barely a year after his posting to the state to address security challenges confronting the state particularly cult activities.
During Disu’s stay in Rivers, he led the command to kill 2baba, the suspected gang leader that masterminded the murder of the late DPO of Ahoada Police Division, Bako Angbashim.
Meanwhile, in the signal, Abaniwonda, who will be resuming as Rivers CP, leaves Delta barely seven months after resuming at the command to lead the policemen towards curbing security challenges that had crippled businesses within the state.
CP Disu has held various senior positions across Nigeria, including OC Anti-Fraud, State CID Katsina; ADC to the former Governor of Lagos State; Training Officer at the NPF Peacekeeping Department, leading the contingent during the Darfur crisis; DPO in Owo and Ikare, Ondo State; head of SARS in Oyo and Ondo states.
He previously served in Rivers State as Anti-Kidnapping Squad leader, DPO in Elimgbu and Elelenwo, SARS Commander, and ACP in charge of the State CID.
CP Disu later served as Commander, Lagos RRS, Head of IGP's IRT and Principal Staff Officer to the 21st IGP, Kayode Egbetokun.
He has extensive training both locally and internationally, including courses on Small Arms and Smuggling, Internet Fraud, and Strategic Leadership. He is affiliated with professional bodies like IICFIP, IAF, NAIS, NIPR, CIPM, and IACP.
Beyond law enforcement, CP Disu is an accomplished athlete, holding medals from prestigious events like the US Open Judo Championship, Police Games, National Sports Festival, Nigeria Police First Veteran Championships, and the Armed Forces and Police Games.
He holds a Third Dan Black Belt in Judo and serves as the Patron of the Nigeria Police Judo Association.
As a trained officer of international standards, he was deployed for Peace Keeping Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2000, and was also in 2008 seconded as the Training Adviser at the United Nations’ Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL)
In 2015 he was posted to the Gwagwalada Area Command as the Area Commander, and in 2017 he was transferred to Oyo State Command as the Area Commander, Oyo Area Command. Upon his promotion to the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police, he was tasked with the administrative duty at the Department of Operations, Force Headquarters Abuja.
Afterwards, he was transferred to Kogi State Command as the Deputy Commissioner of Police, State Criminal Investigation Department. He was the immediate past Deputy Force Secretary at Force headquarters Abuja. He was promoted to the rank of Commissioner of Police January 2024 and deployed to Delta State as the 22nd Commissioner of Police of Delta State Command.
