{"id":164585,"date":"2023-10-31T22:22:40","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T21:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/?p=164585"},"modified":"2023-10-31T22:22:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T21:22:40","slug":"police-council-confirms-egbetokun-as-igp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/police-council-confirms-egbetokun-as-igp\/","title":{"rendered":"Police council confirms Egbetokun as IGP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"caps\"><strong>The national police council has confirmed Kayode Egbetokun as the substantive inspector-general of police (IGP).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On June 19, President\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bola_Tinubu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Bola Tinubu<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0named Egbetokun as the IGP to replace\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecable.ng\/tag\/usman-baba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Usman Baba<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The council confirmed Egbetokun during a meeting at the presidential villa, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The council was chaired by Tinubu with the state governors in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Ibrahim Gaidam, minister of police affairs, announced the confirmation of Egbetokun to journalists at the end of the council meeting.<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted Egbetokun\u2019s impressive curriculum vitae and international exposure.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The national police council has confirmed Kayode Egbetokun as the substantive inspector-general of police (IGP). On June 19, President\u00a0Bola Tinubu\u00a0named Egbetokun as the IGP to replace\u00a0Usman Baba. The council confirmed Egbetokun during a meeting at the presidential villa, on Tuesday. The council was chaired by Tinubu with the state governors in attendance. Ibrahim Gaidam, minister [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":164587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,2],"tags":[62564,2787,47587],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Police council confirms Egbetokun as IGP | New Mail Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/police-council-confirms-egbetokun-as-igp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police council confirms Egbetokun as IGP | New Mail Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The national police council has confirmed Kayode Egbetokun as the substantive inspector-general of police (IGP). 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