Moshood Jimoh Emerges New Lagos Police Commissioner

The Police Service Commission, on Monday, approved the appointment of Olohundare Moshood Jimoh as the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command.

Jimoh, before his appointment, was Commissioner of Police, Ports Authority, Eastern Ports.

The appointee, who hails from Kwara State, was a former Force Public Relations Officer and later Deputy Commissioner of Airport Police, Deputy Commissioner of Finance and Administration and Deputy Commissioner of General Investigation.

He has undergone several professional trainings, which include a combat operations course at Mobile Training College Maiduguri; African Union Mission in Darfur, Sudan; the Weapons of Mass Destruction Countermeasure First Responder Training Institute, United States; training on social construction and management reform at China Executive Leadership Academy, Pudong, China; training on maritime rescue and salvage for developing countries at China Maritime Academy Ningbo, China; and training on anti-hijacking techniques and tactics for developing countries at Yunnan Police College, Kunming, China. He was also at the Police Training Institute in Seoul, South Korea.

Jimoh is a recipient of the Presidential Award for Public Relations Personality of the Year in recognition of his sterling qualities and outstanding contribution to the development and use of public relations by the Nigeria Institute of Public Relations.

Among those present when the appointee appeared before the PSC on Monday were the Commission’s Chairman, DIG Hashimu Argungu, Rtd. mni., Justice Adamu Paul Galmuje, retired Justice of the Supreme Court and Honourable Commissioner representing the Judiciary and DIG Taiwo Lakanu, FDC. Honourable Commissioner representing the Police.

Moshood Jimoh Emerges New Lagos Police Commissioner is first published on The Whistler Newspaper