{"id":1806,"date":"2024-08-21T11:15:47","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T11:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/?p=1806"},"modified":"2024-08-21T11:15:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T11:15:47","slug":"how-tinubu-transformed-my-life-career-igp-egbetokun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/08\/21\/how-tinubu-transformed-my-life-career-igp-egbetokun\/","title":{"rendered":"How Tinubu transformed my life, career &#8211; IGP Egbetokun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1807\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/OIP-2-2-300x201.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/OIP-2-2-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/OIP-2-2.jpeg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By Publisher\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kindly share:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kayode Egbetokun, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, has opened up on President Bola Tinubu&#8217;s role in his life and career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egbetekun said his encounter with Tinubu in 1988 made a huge impact on his life&#8217;s trajectory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The IGP,\u00a0 who spoke during his book launch on Tuesday, said Tinubu transformed his life within 24 hours of their meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He said: \u201cAs I\u2019m standing here today, my mouth is filled with testimonies. I would have loved to share some of these testimonies, but today is not Thanksgiving day. I will, therefore, reserve the details for another day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI must, however, acknowledge the significant impact of a particular individual on my life and career. I met President Bola Tinubu in 1998, and that meeting produced a positive transformation in my life within 24 hours. That story is also a testimony that I would like to leave for another day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recall that in 1999, Egbetokun, who was then a Deputy Superintendent of Police, served as Tinubu the Chief Security Officer to Tinubu, who was then the governor of Lagos State as chief security officer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tinubu, also appointed Egbetekun, is due to retire from the police next month at age 60, as\u00a0 the IGP in June 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are also speculations that the president may be planning to extend Egbetokun\u2019s tenure because of the recent amendment of the Police Act, which guarantees the IGP to stay on till the end of their fixed tenure, irrespective of the retirement age, as mandated by civil service rules.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Publisher\u00a0 Kindly share: Kayode Egbetokun, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, has opened up on President Bola Tinubu&#8217;s role in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[89,102],"class_list":["post-1806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-igp-kayode-egbetokun","tag-president-bola-tinubu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How Tinubu transformed my life, career - IGP Egbetokun - Panorama News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/08\/21\/how-tinubu-transformed-my-life-career-igp-egbetokun\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Tinubu transformed my life, career - IGP Egbetokun - Panorama News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Publisher\u00a0 Kindly share: Kayode Egbetokun, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, has opened up on President Bola Tinubu&#8217;s role in&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/08\/21\/how-tinubu-transformed-my-life-career-igp-egbetokun\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Panorama News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/panoramanewsng\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-21T11:15:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/OIP-2-2.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"332\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"222\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/08\/21\/how-tinubu-transformed-my-life-career-igp-egbetokun\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/08\/21\/how-tinubu-transformed-my-life-career-igp-egbetokun\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/193c6b5ed75edb6cc8b07827dd05f83d\"},\"headline\":\"How Tinubu transformed my life, career &#8211; 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