IGP replaces late DIG Egbunike with Kokumo as FCID head
The Nigerian Police boss, Usman Baba, has replaced the late Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID), Joseph Egbunike with DIG Johnson Babatunde Kokumo.
The Informant247 had reported early this month that the top cop slumped in his office and was rushed to the National Hospital for medical attention where he was confirmed dead.
His replacement was announced in a statement signed by the Force Acting Spokesman, Olumuyiwa Adejobi.
The new investigative department boss, Kokumo was appointed to the Nigeria Police Force as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police in 1988.
He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from the University of Maiduguri, Borno State, and a Master’s Degree in Sociology with a speciality in Criminology from the University of Lagos.
The statement added that the new FCID boss had attended several specialized and strategic courses within and outside Nigeria including the Forensic Science and Application of Forensic and DNA Skills Course at the University of Benin.
He was equally a member of Senior Executive Course 41, 2019, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Jos, Plateau State.
It added, “He has equally served in various operational, investigative and administrative capacities within the Force, some of which include Commanding Officer, 16 Police Mobile Force, Abeokuta; Deputy Commissioner of Police, General Investigations, FCID; Commissioner of Police in both Edo and Osun State Commands, and Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Federal Operations, and the Zone 2 Command, Lagos.
“Until his recent posting, he was the DIG in charge of the Department of Research and Planning, Force Headquarters, Abuja.”
