Mr Olugbenga Adepoju, psc, mnips, a unique crime-fighting strategist, on Thursday, assumed office as the 47th Commissioner of Police (CP), Rivers State Command.
As contained in a press release by the Rivers Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the new Rivers Police CP is a seasoned police officer with exceptional service records and great wealth of experience in modern policing.
Adepoju assumed office on 2nd January, 2025, having taken over from former CP Mustapha Mohammed Bala, psc, who was recently promoted to Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) and subsequently redeployed as AIG, Zone 6, Calabar.
Until his appointment, Olugbenga Adepoju was in-charge of the Department of Operations, Rivers State Police Command.
CP Olugbenga Adepoju Adewole hails from Ibadan, in Ibadan North/East Local Government Area of Oyo State.
He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree (Honours) in Psychology from the prestigious premier University of Ibadan in 1991.
CP Olugbenga Adepoju was enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force on 10th June, 1994 as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police.
Work Experience
CP Adepoju has had a distinguished career serving in various capacities including O/C Anti-Robbery Squad inter-state Zone 4, Benue State; O/C Anti Robbery, DTO/ DCO/ P&G Enugu Command;
Unit Commander, 31PMF Asaba and 36PMF Kebbi Command, respectively; Divisional Police Officer, Special Area and Diobu Divisions, all in Rivers State Command;
Divisional Police Officer Ilasan/Ogudu/Iponri Divisions, 2ic Area K seme, 2ic Area C, Surulere, Lagos State Command; Divisional Police Officer GRA and 2i/C Operations, Borno State Command.
Swift Operations Squad (SOS), Rivers State Command; Assistant Commissioner of Police Admin, Zone 2, Lagos; Assistant Commissioner of Police, IGP Special Squad; Area P Command, Alagbado, Lagos;
DCO/DTO/P&G/ OC Anti-Robbery SCID, Rivers State Police Command; DC; Administration Railway command HQ, Lagos; DC Admin. FCID Annex, Lagos;
DC Admin. Western Port, Lagos; DC Administration, Zamfara State Command; DC DFA Force CID, Abuja; DC in-charge of Operations, Rivers State Police Command.
Courses He Attended
Police Mobile Training, Gwoza, Maiduguri, Borno State; Citizenship and Leadership Training Shere Hills, Jos, Plateau State;
Executive leadership command course, Kaduna; Junior Command Course, Jos; Strategic Leadership and Command Course at the prestigious National Institute of Police Studies, Abuja.
CP Adepoju is a members of the National Institute of Police Studies and International Association of Chiefs of Police, USA.
His hobbies include counselling, reading, dancing and watching detective movies and he is happily married and blessed with children.
