DCP Tunji Disu Replaces Abba Kyari As IRT Boss

Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has approved the posting of DCP Tunji Disu as the new Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT). 

Until his new appointment, Disu, a former Commander of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) in Lagos State, was the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Department of Operations, Force Headquarters, Abuja. 

He had previously served at the State CID, Rivers State as the Deputy Head of the Unit.

He was also a former Commander of the Nigeria Police Contingent to the African Union (AU) Peace Keeping Mission in Dafur, Sudan.

Frank Mba, a Commissioner of Police and Force Public Relations Officer, said in a statement on Monday, that the IGP charged the new Head of the IRT to demonstrate his professional competence in his leadership of the Unit. 

He also assured citizens that the IRT will remain focused in the discharge of its duties in line with national statutes and international best practices.  

 DCP Disu holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the Lagos State University (LASU) and a Masters 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, amongst others. 

He 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.

Mba said the posting takes immediate effect.