Assistant Inspector General of Police, Taiwo Lakanu has been appointed as the new Nigeria Police Force Secretary and member of the Nigeria Police Force Management Team.

According to Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, Lakanu’s appointment takes immediate effects.

Lakanu took over from Assistant Inspector General of Police Abdul Bube, who retired from the Force December thirty-one after thirty-five years of meritorious service.

Idris implored Lakanu to see his new post as well deserved and as a challenge to more for the force.

Until his recent appointment, he was the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone Headquarters, Abuja comprising the Federal Capital Territory, Niger and Kaduna States.

Lakanu, who was the immediate past AIG in charge of Zone 7 Abuja, holds a Bahelors of Arts degree in Philosophy and a law degree from the University of Lagos, and Master in Law from the Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, United Kingdom.

The new Force Secretary attended several courses within and outside the Country, including Crime Investigation Course at the Police Staff College, Jos, among others.

He served in various capacities in the force as AIG Federal Operations, Force Headquarters, Commissioner of Police in Imo and Ekiti States, Commissioner of Police Airport Command, Lagos, Principal Staff Officer to the I-G (Force Headquarters Annex, Lagos) among others.