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By Ojoma Yusuf, Yola
Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG Afolabi Babatola Adeniyi, has assumed duty at Zone 3 Command Headquarters, Yola as he took over from DIG Daniel Sokari-Pedro, psc (+), mni who assumed the position of Deputy Inspector- General of Police (DIG) in-charge of Information Communication Technology Force Headquarters, Abuja.
AIG Afolabi Babatola Adeniyi hails from Epinmi Akoko Ondo State and was Commissioned into the Nigeria Police Force as a Cadet Officer in 1990 after graduating from University of Lagos with Bachelor of Science (Bsc) in Mass Communication.
AIG Afolabi Babatola Adeniyi was a member of the Nigerian contingents deployed to the United Nations (UN) Peace Keeping Missions in Kosovo, Bosnia and Darfur to coordinate the post-war reform, restructuring and engagement program. These gained him more recognitions for leadership excellence, professionalism and integrity.
As an officer with broad professional exposure, stretching through operations, strategic management, investigation and intelligence.
AIG Afolabi Babatola Adeniyi served as an ADC to the former Governor of Ondo State and he has at various times in his career also served as Area Commander Yola, Commander 16 PMF Abeokuta, Commander 53 PMF Bama, Deputy Commissioner of Police In-charge of Operations Yobe State Command and Commissioner of Police Adamawa State Command.
AIG Afolabi Babatola Adeniyi holds the enviable professional record of being among the first set of Senior Police Officers trained at the prestigious National Institute for Police Studies in Abuja in the year 2020 and has also attended various courses within and outside Nigeria.
An officer with the flair for intellectual engagement and reform oriented, his policing vision is founded on the highbred and intertwined models of citizen engagements and intelligence-led as well as technology-driven policing.
AIG Afolabi Babatola Adeniyi is bringing to Zone 3 Police Headquarters leadership table a rich intellectual background, strategic policing exposure at the highest level of force leadership, diverse policing knowledge and expansive professional network towards providing requisite leadership that will possibly change policing narratives in the two component States under the Zone.
Meanwhile AIG Afolabi is married to a nurse by profession, Mrs. Toyin Afolabi and they are blessed with children.
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