President Bola Tinubu has formally decorated Mr. Tunji Disu as the Acting Inspector-General of Police.

The ceremony took place on Wednesday at the State House, Abuja, shortly after Disu arrived for his official decoration.

Disu’s elevation comes a day after the President appointed him as the nation’s top police officer, following the resignation of the former Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Kayode Egbetokun. The Presidency confirmed Egbetokun’s departure on Tuesday.

In a statement issued the same day, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, said President Tinubu accepted Egbetokun’s resignation after he submitted a letter citing pressing family reasons.

Until his appointment, Disu served as Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Annex, Alagbon, Lagos. He was promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspector-General of Police last year.

Before that promotion, he served as Commissioner of Police in Rivers State and was later deployed by Egbetokun to Abuja as Commissioner of Police for the Federal Capital Territory.

Disu is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police and previously headed the Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force, a position once held by Abba Kyari.

Born on April 13, 1966, in Lagos Island, Disu enlisted in the Nigeria Police Force on May 18, 1992. Over the course of his career, he has served as Divisional Police Officer in several locations, including Ago Iwoye in Ogun State; Ikare and Owo in Ondo State; and Elimbu and Elelenwo in Rivers State.