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I feel Like Lion, Ready to Devour Criminals – Egbetokun

The newly appointed acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, yesterday, expressed his readiness to work towards making Nigeria a crime-free nation and said he felt like a lion ready to devour all of Nigeria’s internal enemies

Egbetokun, who said this during an interaction with newsmen, was however decorated by the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, at the State House, Abuja.

Speaking after he was decoration acting IG, he said, “Now I have just been decorated and I’m looking forward to taking over tomorrow morning by 11am. I really can’t describe how I feel currently, but if I have to tell you anything, I will tell you that right now.

“I feel like a tiger inside of me, ready to chase away all the criminals in Nigeria. And some other times, I feel like a lion in me, ready to devour all the internal enemies of Nigeria. That’s my feeling right now.”

Former Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Baba, who appeared in mufti, expressed confidence in his successor, saying he would carry on from where he has stopped.

According to him, “It’s a stage; you come, you work and you go. I’m happy I’m handing over to somebody I know, that will carry the mantle of leadership from where I have stopped.

“We grew up in the job, we grew up together. I was his boss at a time, not even when I was IG, he worked under me twice. We’ve been working together and I know how he can go ahead to champion the cause of the police from where I have stopped.”

Vice President Shettima had earlier decorated Egbetokun, as the acting Inspector-General of Police, at the Conference hall of his office at the State House, Abuja.

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