Fiery Chairman of the Lagos State Task Force, Mr. Olayinka Egbeyemi, has been decorated with his new rank of Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) by Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode.
Promoted CSP June this year, Egbeyemi became Chairman of the state Task Force on March 10, 2016 following his appointment by the Governor Ambode.
From Right: Governor Ambode, CSP Egbeyemi and CP Edgal after the decoration of the Lagos State Task Force boss, on Monday.
The graduate of Philosophy from Ondo State University, now Ekiti State University, is also Master’s degree holder in International Relations and Strategic Studies which he got from the Lagos State University (LASU), a statement by Head of Public Affairs Unit of the Task Force headed by Egbeyemi, Mr. Taofiq Adebayo, stated in a statement copy of which was sent to The DEFENDER on Monday.
Between August 15, 2002 and February 2004 he was at the Nigeria Police Academy (POLAC) Kano, where he was trained as a cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP).
CSP Saheed Olayinka Egbeyemi started his career in the Nigeria Police Force at Aguda Police Station, Surulere, Lagos in 2004 as Traffic Officer from he moved to become an Administrative Officer at Elere Divisional Police Station, Agege.
CSP Egbeyemi was later deployed as Crime Officer I at Alausa Divisional Police Headquarters and Deputy Police PRO, Lagos State Police Command.
After his excellence performance at Lagos State Police Command, he was deployed as Personal Assistant/Staff Officer to Inspector General of Police IGP Mike Okiro now retired and later in his career became the Aide-De-Camp (ADC) to Governor Ibikunle Amosun where he resigned voluntarily with reason best known to him.
He has attended several courses, both home and abroad, which include: Peace Support Operation and Anti-Terrorist Course at the prestigious Centre of Excellence for Stability Police Unit (COESPU) Italy, Combat Craft Operation at Gwazo, Borno State, Leadership and Citizenship Training at Shere Hills, Jos, Plateau State, Aide-De-Camp (ADC) Induction Course at Police Staff College, Jos, Plateau State, in July 2011.
Egbeyemi’s Ad-Hoc duties include Joint Task Force (JTF) with the Military and DSS in Potiskum, Yobe and Kano states engaging insurgents in 2012 and 2014 respectively.
CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi is a member of International Association of Chiefs of Police and has attended the ICP Conferences at Philadelphia, Florida, Chicago, and San-Diego in Califonia in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 respectively in United States of America (USA).
