Kwara gets first female police commissioner, CP Adelesi
AREWA AGENDA – Mrs Ebunoluwarotimi Adelesi has assumed duty as the first female police commissioner in Kwara State.
CP Adelesi who hails from Ogun State joined the Nigeria Police Force on March 3, 1990, as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police and has worked in several Police commands and formations within and outside the country
According to a press statement by Kwara State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, in Ilorin, Adelesi who attended Federal Government College Kaduna for her ‘O’ Levels and ‘A’ Levels Certificates and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Language from Ogun State University (Now Olabisi Onabanjo).
She also holds an Advanced Diploma in Strategic Security and Infrastructure Protection from the University of Lagos and was on a United Nations peacekeeping mission to Liberia and Dafur.
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In the course of her service, she has held several positions, including that of Divisional Crime Officer at Sabongari Police Station, Katsina, Divisional Crime Officer, GRA Police Station, Katsina and Mokola police station, Ibadan; Officer in charge of confidential registry, Ibadan; Command Provost Marshal, Ibadan; Divisional Traffic Officer 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 also 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. 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 also held the position of Assistant Commissioner of Police Administration, Imo State Police Command, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Administration), Ogun State, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Administration), Osun State Deputy Commissioner of Police (Administration), Police Cooperative, Lagos, Deputy Commissioner of Police (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.
A mother and a wife, she is described as a hardworking and detribalized professional officer, who is ready to give her all to ensure that the harmony in her areas of command.
