A new Commissioner of Police, Oladimeji Yomi Olanrewaju, has been posted to Ogun State Police Command.
This was made known by the command’s spokesman, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi in a statement on Wednesday, April 26, 2023.
The posting followed the recent promotion of the erstwhile police commissioner, Frank Mba, to the rank of an Assistant Inspector General of Police.
A graduate of History/Political Science, CP Oladimeji joined the Nigeria Police Force as a cadet Assistant Suprintendent of Police in 1990 and was trained at Police Academy, Kaduna annex.
At the completion of his training, the new CP was posted to Edo State Police Command, where he served in different capacities in several divisional headquarters in the Command.
He was one time Police Public Relations Officer of Edo State Police Command, and also served as Divisional Police Officer in Auchi, Uromi, New Benin.
He was the second-in-command at the Department of Operations in the same police command.
He was later posted to Ogun State, where he served as Divisional Police Officer, Mowe and Ilaro divisional headquarters, as well as acting Area Commander, Ilaro Area Command.
When promoted to the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police, Oladimeji was posted to Sokoto State to be the ACP, Department of Finance and Administration.
From Sokoto State, he was posted to Benue State to be in charge of State Criminal Investigation Department.
The new Ogun CP was also one time Area Commander, Abalaliki Metro, Ebonyi state.
As a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Oladimeji was in charge of State Criminal Investigation Department in Borno state as well as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Department of Finance and Administration in Rivers State.
When he got promoted to the rank of Commissioner of Police, he was posted to Force Criminal Investigation Department, Alagbon Annex as CP Anti-Fraud section. That was his last duty post before his deployment as the new helmsman in Ogun State Police Command.
The new CP has a Bachelor’s Degree in law and has been called to Bar.
The PPRO, who said that CP Oladimeji’s wealth of experience would be of immense advantage in policing an elitist state like the gateway state, added that he would assume duty any moment from the announcement.
