Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, decorated Mr. Kayode Egbetokun as the Acting Inspector-General of Police, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The brief decoration ceremony in the Vice President’s Conference Room was jointly performed with the spouse of the new Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mrs. Egbetokun.
Speaking to journalists at the Villa after the ceremony, Egbetokun expressed readiness to discharge his duties, saying he felt like a tiger out to chase away all criminals in the country.
Asked how he felt about the weight of his new responsibility, the new police boss said: “Now I have just been decorated. I’m looking forward to taking over tomorrow morning by 11 am.
“I really can’t describe how I feel currently; but if I have to tell you anything, I will tell you that right now, I feel like a tiger inside of me, ready to chase away all the criminals in Nigeria.
“And some other times, I feel like a lion in me, ready to devour all the internal enemies of Nigeria. That’s my feeling right now.”
Former Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Baba, expressed confidence in his successor, saying he would carry on from where he is stopping.
“It’s a stage; you come, you work and you go. I’m happy I’m handing over to somebody I know that will carry the mantle of leadership from where I have stopped.
“We grew up in the job, we grew up together. I was his boss at a time, not even when I was IG, he worked under me twice, we’ve been working together, and I know how he can go ahead to champion the course of the police from where I have stopped,” Baba said.
The event was witnessed by senior government officials, including the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume; Imo State governor, who is also the Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), Hope Uzodinma;
Others are the Chief of Staff to the President, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila; the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu and the outgoing Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Baba.
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