The acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, says he feels like a lion ready to devour Nigeria’s enemies.
He made the remarks shortly after Vice-President Kashim Shettima decorated him during a brief ceremony at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
“I feel like a tig in me, ready to devour all the internal enemies of Nigeria. That’s my feeling right now,” Egbetokun told State House Correspondents after a short ceremony at the Vice-President’s Conference Room.
The VP performed the decoration alongside the wife of the new Police helmsman, Mrs. Elizabeth Egbetokun, barely 24 hours after a major shake-up in the country’s security leadership architecture.
On his part, the former Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Baba, described his successor as an old, experienced hand who would build on what he is leaving behind.
The ceremony was witnessed by the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu; the Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum, Hope Uzodinma; the President’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume; and the immediate-past IGP, Usman Alkali, amongst others.
Egbetokun remains in an acting capacity until confirmed by the 10th Senate as the 22nd substantive IGP.
