President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has officially decorated Assistant Inspector-General of Police Tunji Disu as the new Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) at the State House in Abuja.
The ceremony, held at the President’s office on Wednesday, was attended by key government and security officials, including National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu, Chief of Staff to the President Femi Gbajabiamila, Secretary to the Government of the Federation George Akume, and the immediate past IGP Kayode Egbetokun.
Disu’s appointment comes just 48 days before he would have reached the mandatory retirement age of 60 on April 13, 2026.
Under the amended Police Act, however, an IGP is eligible to serve a four-year tenure regardless of age, allowing Disu to potentially remain in office for the next few years.
During the ceremony, President Tinubu pinned the new insignia on Disu’s uniform and commended Egbetokun for his years of service to the nation.
Egbetokun had submitted his resignation on Tuesday, citing family matters that required his attention, which was promptly accepted by the President.
Disu, a career police officer with over three decades of service, joined the Nigeria Police Force on May 18, 1992, as an Assistant Superintendent of Police. Over the years, he has held several strategic operational and intelligence positions across the country.
Disu served in various investigative and operational units, including as Officer in Charge of the Anti-Fraud Section at the State Criminal Investigation Department in Katsina between 1993 and 1998. In 1999, he was appointed Aide-De-Camp to then Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu.
He later held positions as Divisional Police Officer in Ondo State and Commander of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Ondo and Oyo states. Between 2014 and 2015, he served in Rivers State as Officer in Charge of Anti-Kidnapping and later as Assistant Commissioner of Police in the Criminal Investigation Department.