By Wole Adedeji, Ilorin
The new Commissioner of Police for the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, CP Ebunoluwarotimi Adelesi, has assumed duty.
She would go down in history as the first female Commissioner of Police in Kwara State since its creation in 1967, taking over the command from the outgoing Commissioner of Police, Paul Odama, now promoted to the rank of an Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG.
CP Adelesi, who once seved as Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Administration in Kwara State hails from Sagamu, in Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State.
Running her profile in a press statement in Ilorin, the Kwara State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, said that she joined the Nigeria Police Force on March 3, 1990, as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police,ASP. She has worked in several Police commands and formations within and outside the country, where she held several command positions at various times.
According to Okasanmi, CP Adelesi attended Federal Government College, Kaduna, for her O/Levels and A/Levels certificates.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Language, obtained from Ogun State University, now Olabisi Onabanjo University. She also holds an Advanced Diploma in Strategic Security and Infrastructure Protection from the University of Lagos.
She had served in various challenging capacities across many states of the federation; she was on a United Nations peacekeeping mission to Liberia and Dafur.
She has presented conference papers at the United Nations-sponsored conference, mainly for women in peacekeeping missions in Mogadishu, Somalia, titled: ‘Better the Balance, Better the World.’
In the course of her service to the country, the Commissioner of Police held several positions, including that of Divisional Crime Officer, DCO, at Sabongeri Police Station, Katsina; DCO, GRA Police Station, Katsina and Mokola Police Ptation, Ibadan; Officer-in-Charge of Confidential Registry, Ibadan; Command Provost Marshal, Ibadan; Divisional Traffic Officer, DTO, Eleyele, Ibadan; Matron, Police Training School, Ibadan; Officer-in-Charge of Research and Planning; and Officer-in-Charge of the Anti-Human Trafficking Department, all in Ibadan, Oyo State.
CP Adelesi was Commandant, Police Training School, Eleyele Ibadan, and a second in Command, Area Command, Agodi Ibadan, all in Oyo State between 1991 and 2009.
She also served as commandant of the Police Girls Secondary School in Shanono, Kano State. She was also Pioneer Commandant, Police Secondary School, Ukana, Akwa-Ibom State; Pioneer Commandant, Comprehensive Secondary School, Port-Harcout, Rivers State; and Officer-in-Charge, General Investigation, Rivers State Police Command.
CP Adelesi held the position of Assistant Commissioner of Police, Administration, Imo State Police Command; Assistant Commissioner of Police, Administration, Ogun State; Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Administration, Osun State; DCP, Administration, Police Cooperative, Lagos; DCP, Administration, Kwara State, and Commissioner of Police, General Investigations, Force Criminal Intelligence Department, FCID, Annex, Alagbon, before her current posting as the Commissioner of Police, Kwara State.
She is described as a no-nonsense and highly disciplined personality. A mother and a wife, she is also described as a hardworking and detribalized professional officer, who is ready to give her all to ensure that harmony and unity of purpose in her areas of command.
