The Rivers State Police Commissioner, Francis Bolaji Odesanya, is reported dead. Odesanya was said to have died Tuesday morning in an undisclosed hospital abroad after a brief illness.
Odesanya assumed duty as the 36th Rivers State Commissioner of Police in July 2016 to succeeds Musa Kimo, who was deployed to Force Headquarters, Abuja.
He joined the Nigeria Police in 1984 as Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police and rose through the ranks to his present rank of Commissioner of Police in 2012.
He is a holder of bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Criminology/Criminal Justice Administration and Management obtained from the University of Central Oklahoma, United States of America.
He is an alumnus of the elitist National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Jos.
He has served in various capacities in the force and was in the recent past, Commissioner of Police Explosive Ordinance Disposal (Anti-Bomb), Force Headquarters, Abuja and Commissioner of Police Edo State Command.
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