The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved Moshood Jimoh’s appointment as the police commissioner at Lagos State Command.
CP Jimoh, before his appointment, was the police commissioner at Ports Authority, Eastern Ports.
Jimoh, who hails from Kwara State, was a former force public relations officer and later deputy commissioner of Airport Police, deputy commissioner of finance and administration, and deputy commissioner of general Investigation.
He has undergone several professional trainings, which include a combat operations course at Mobile Training College Maiduguri; African Union Mission in Darfur Sudan; weapons of mass destruction counter measure first responder, Training Institute, United States; Training on social construction and management reform, China Executive Leadership Academy, Pudong China; Training on maritime rescue and salvage for developing countries, China Maritime Academy Ningbo, China and Training on anti-hijacking techniques and tactics for developing countries, Yunnan Police College kunmung, China.
He was also at the Police Training Institute in Seoul, South Korea.
CP Moshood received the presidential award for public relations personality of the year in recognition of his sterling qualities and outstanding contribution to the development and use of public relations at the Nigeria Institute of Public Relations.
PSC spokesperson Ikechukwu Ani said the new Lagos commissioner of police appeared before the commission on Monday as a requirement for the deployment.
