PSC appoints Moshood Jimoh as new Lagos police commissioner

By Molly Kilete, Abuja

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the appointment of Olohundare Moshood Jimoh as the new Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command.

Before his appointment, Jimoh was the Commissioner of Police for the Ports Authority, Eastern Ports. PSC Head of Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, who made the announcement, stated that Jimoh, who hails from Kwara State, previously served as the Force Public Relations Officer, Deputy Commissioner of Police at the Airport Police, Deputy Commissioner of Finance and Administration, and Deputy Commissioner of General Investigation.

Jimoh has undergone several professional training programmes, including:

• Combat Operations Course, Mobile Training College, Maiduguri
• African Union Mission in Darfur, Sudan
• Weapons of Mass Destruction Countermeasure 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
• Training on Anti-Hijacking Techniques and Tactics for Developing Countries, Yunnan Police College, Kunming, China
• Police Training Institute, Seoul, South Korea

CP Olohundare Moshood 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. Present were the Commission’s Chairman, DIG Hashimu Argungu (retd) mni, Justice Adamu Paul Galmuje, retired Justice of the Supreme Court and Honourable Commissioner representing the Judiciary, and DIG Taiwo Lakanu, Honourable Commissioner representing the Police.