Following the suspension of DCP Abba Kyari, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Alkali Baba has approved the posting of DCP Tunji Disu as the new Head of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), so as to fill the leadership gap within the IRT and ensure better service delivery. This was disclosed by the Force public relations officer, CP Frank Mba, noting that the IGP charged the new IRT head to demonstrate his professional competence in his leaderships of the Unit, adding that the IRT will remain focused in the discharge of its duties in line with national statutes and international practices. Before his recent appointment, DCP Tunji Disu, a former Commander of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) Lagos State, was the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Department of Operations, Force Headquarters, Abuja. He had also previously served at the State CID, Rivers State as the Deputy Head of the Unit, and was a former Commander of the Nigeria Police Contingent to the African Union (AU) Peace Keeping Mission in Dafur, Sudan. DCP Disu holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the Lagos State University (LASU) and a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the Adekunle Ajasin University, Ondo State. He has also attended several professional courses both at home and abroad: Small Arms Smuggling Training in Botswana, Internet Fraud Training at the Cambridge University, UK, Strategic Leadership Command Course at the Police Staff College, Jos, Forensic Investigations and Criminal Intelligence Course at the University of Lagos, amongst others. He is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Nigeria Institute of Public Relations and Chattered Institute of Personnel management, amongst other professional bodies.
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