{"id":576,"date":"2026-03-02T15:15:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T15:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quicknewsnigeria.com\/?p=576"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:15:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T15:15:54","slug":"police-council-confirms-disu-as-nigerias-23rd-inspector-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quicknewsnigeria.com\/?p=576","title":{"rendered":"Police Council Confirms Disu as Nigeria\u2019s 23rd Inspector-General"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Nigeria Police Council on Monday unanimously approved the appointment of Olatunji Disu as the 23rd Inspector-General of Police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision followed a brief but well-attended session chaired by Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the State House, Abuja, lasting less than 30 minutes before members endorsed the appointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Council\u2019s approval fulfils the statutory requirement that it considers any nomination for the office of Inspector-General made by the President. The body comprises the President as chairman, the 36 state governors, the head of the Police Service Commission, and the serving Inspector-General of Police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Monday\u2019s meeting followed the resignation of Kayode Egbetokun last week. In announcing his departure, the Presidency had indicated that the Council would soon convene to formally review Disu\u2019s nomination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among those present at the session were Kashim Shettima; George Akume; Nuhu Ribadu; and Didi Walson-Jack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the Council\u2019s endorsement, Disu formally assumes leadership of the Nigeria Police Force at a time of heightened expectations around security and institutional reform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Police Council on Monday unanimously approved the appointment of Olatunji Disu as the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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