Ex-Force PRO, Jimoh Moshood, appointed new Lagos CP

The Police Service Commission  ( PSC)has approved the appointment of a former image maker in charge of the Nigeria Police Force,Jimoh Moshood as the new Commissioner of Police in Lagos State. 

He is to replace Olanrewaju Ishola, who was appointed as the commissioner of Police in the state, late last year.

The spokesperson of the Police Service Commission, Ikechukwu Ani confirmed the change of baton at the Lagos State Police Command in a statement, signed by him on Monday.

Ani said, ” The Police Service Commission today, Monday  17th February 2025, approved the appointment of Olohundare  Moshood Jimoh as the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command.

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CP Jimoh, before his appointment,  was Commissioner of Police, Ports Authority,  Eastern Ports. ” 

According to him, Jimoh, who hails from Kwara State, was a former Force Public Relations Officer and later Deputy Commissioner,  of Airport Police; Deputy Commissioner, Finance and Administration, and Deputy Commissioner of General Investigation. 

He has undergone several professional trainings which include a combat operations Course, at Mobile Training College Maiduguri; African  Union Mission in Darfur Sudan;  Weapons of Mass Destruction counter measure First Responder Training Institute, United  States; training on social construction and management  Reform  China Executive Leadership  Academy,  Pudong China; Training on Maritime Rescue and salvage for Developing Countries,  China Maritime Academy  Ningbo, China and Training on anti hijacking techniques and tactics for developing countries, Yunnan Police College kunmung, China.

He was also at the Police Training Institute, Seoul South Korea.

He also added, ” CP Olohundare Moshod Jimoh is a recipient of  the Presidential  Award for Public Relations Personality of the Year in recognition of his sterling qualities and outstanding contribution to the development and use of Public Relations  by the Nigeria Institute of Public Relations.”

CP Jimoh appeared before the Commission today. Those that were present were the Commission’s Chairman, DIG Hashimu Argungu rtd mni,  Justice Adamu Paul Galmuje, retired Justice of the   Supreme Court and Honourable Commissioner representing the Judiciary, and DIG Taiwo Lakanu, fdc  Honourable Commissioner representing the Police.

NIGERIAN TRIBUNE