The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has said he felt like a lion or tiger ready to consume all enemies of Nigeria, including criminals.
Mr Egbetokun stated this in Abuja on Tuesday, June 20, while speaking with State House reporters, shortly after the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, decorated him as the new head of the country’s police.
President Bola Tinubu appointed him on Monday June 19, alongside other security chiefs comprising the Chiefs of Defence, Air, Naval and Army Staff.
He also appointed the Comptroller-General of Customs, other military formations, and political aides.
The President said the appointments took immediate effect, after sacking the offices’ occupants.
Egbetokun was Tinubu’s Chief Security Officer (CSO) when the President was Lagos State governor in 1999.
The Acting IGP, who attended the brief ceremony of his decoration with his wife, Elizabeth, and some top government functionaries, said, “Now I have just been decorated and I am looking forward to taking over tomorrow morning by 11am.
“I really can’t describe how I feel presently, but if I have to tell you anything, I will tell you that right now, I feel like tiger inside of me ready to chase away all the criminals in Nigeria,” he said. “And some other time, I feel like a lion in me ready to devour all the internal enemies of Nigeria. That’s my feeling right now.”
His predecessor, Alkali Baba, said he was handing over to a competent hand who would take the Force well beyond where he left it.
