IGP replaces Abba Kyari with Ex-RRS Commander, Tunji Disu.

From Left: Former DCP, Abba Kyari, Former RRS Commander, Tunji Disu.

The inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, on Monday, replaces Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari with Ex-RRS Commander, Tunji Disu as the new Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT).

The announcement was made on Monday in Abuja by the Force Public Relation Officer, CP Frank Mba, who says it was with immediate effect.

This came after Abba Kyari was indicted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over his alleged involvement with the internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas popularly know as Hushpupi.

On the other hand, Tunji Disu was the former Commander of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) Lagos State now replaces Kyari who is under investigation and has been suspended from his duties as a Nigerian Police Force.

According to Channels Tv, Mba added in the statement that Disu is capable to film the lacking leadership gap within the IRT and refocus the unit for better service delivery

“The IGP has charged the new Head of the IRT to demonstrate his professional competence in his leadership of the Unit,” the statement said.

Before he was appointed the new head of the IRT, Disu served as the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the Department of Operations at the Force Headquarters.

He had also previously served as the Deputy Head of the State CID in Rivers, as well as Commander of the Nigeria Police Contingent to the African Union (AU) Peace Keeping Mission in Dafur, Sudan.

Disu holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the Lagos State University (LASU) and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the Adekunle Ajasin University, Ondo State.

He has also attended several professional courses both at home and abroad – small arms smuggling training in Botswana; internet fraud training at the Cambridge University, UK; strategic leadership command course at the Police Staff College, Jos; forensic investigations and criminal intelligence course at the University of Lagos, among others.

The new head of the IRT is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Nigeria Institute of Public Relations, and Chattered Institute of Personnel management, amongst other professional bodies.

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