By Uche Onyeali
Police Service Commission, PSC, has approved the appointment of Moshood Jimoh as the new Commissioner of Police in Lagos State.
Spokesman of the commission, Ikechukwu Ani, in a statement yesterday, said Jimoh had undergone the necessary trainings and has the experience required for the job.
According to Ani, Jimoh has undergone several professional trainings which include Combat Operations Course, 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 Kunming, China.
“He was also at the Police Training Institute, Seoul, South Korea,” the statement added.
Until his appointment, he was the commissioner of police, ports authority, eastern ports.
A former force public relations officer and indigene of Kwara State, the new Lagos State commissioner of police has held the positions of deputy commissioner for airport police, deputy commissioner for finance and administration, and deputy commissioner for general investigation.
Jimoh is a recipient of the presidential award for public relations personality “in recognition of his qualities and outstanding contribution to the development and use of public relations” by the Nigeria Institute of Public Relations, NIPR.
