The Force Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, has accused human rights activist and publisher, Omoyele Sowore, of spreading false narratives against the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun.
Sowore, a former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), alleged covert and irregular promotion exercise in the police is fueling renewed concerns about what he claimed favoritism and institutional decline under Egebtokun’s leadership.
He also claimed that the IGP approved the promotion of his Principal Staff Officer, Yemisi Bukola Kuti, to the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police, far above her classmates.
But responding on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Hundeyin said Sowore’s claims against the IGP are all false.
The Force spokesman explained that any promotion within the police is handled by the Police Service Commission and not at the prerogative of the IGP.
“My classmate Bukola Kuti, we saw it on Sahara Reporters that she was promoted to AC while her course mates were still Superintendent of Police. That is a lie,” he stated.
“When she was promoted to AC, we her course mates were already CSPs and she was not the only one promoted. A total of 141,000 officers have been promoted, why focus on Bukky?
“I also saw one claim that ACP Bukky is so powerful that she is the one controlling promotion at the PSC. How is that possible?”
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On the allegation surrounding the planned retirement of Tunji Disu, Hundeyin explained that the Assistant Inspector General of Police has reached the retirement age.
He exonerated the IGP of any wrongdoing, describing the police boss as an incorruptible officer.
Sowore has incurred the wrath of the police leadership after branding Egbetokun as an illegal IGP.
He has repeatedly questioned the legitimacy of Mr Egbetokun’s continued tenure, prompting the Nigerian police to file cybercrime charges against him in January 2025.
Egbetokun, who was expected to have exited service upon attaining the statutory retirement age of 60 years in September 2024, secured an extended stay in office following a controversial alteration to the Nigeria Police Act, passed by the National Assembly and assented to by President Bola Tinubu.
The alteration allowed Egbetokun to stay in office for up to four years as Nigeria’s police chief.
