Hours after heavily armed operatives from the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigeria Police Force stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly complex in Alausa, Lagos, the Police Service Commission, PSC, has announced the immediate appointment of Mr. Olohundare Moshood Jimoh as the new Commissioner of Police for the state.
The change of guard at the state police command was announced, Monday afternoon, via a press statement issued by Ikwechukwu Ani, Head of Press and Public Relations at the Police Service Commission.
The statement was silent on the fate of the former Commissioner, Mr. Ishola Olanrewaju Olawale, who mounted the saddle on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, as the 40th police chief for the state of excellence.
Olawale’s removal came amid thickening tension that has engulfed the Lagos State House of Assembly since January 13, 2025, when the then Speaker, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, was kicked out of office and Hon. Mojisole Meranda sworn in in his stead.
Prior to his new appointment, the new CP, Mr. Olohundare Moshood Jimoh, had been the Commissioner of Police at the Ports Authority, Eastern Ports.
Jimoh, according to the statement by the PSC, brings on board a wealth of experience accumulated over his years of meritorious service in the Nigeria Police Force.
A native of Kwara State, the new CP has previously served as the Force Public Relations Officer, and later held key positions such as Deputy Commissioner at the Airport Police, Deputy Commissioner of Finance and Administration, and Deputy Commissioner of General Investigation.
Here is the full text of the statement by the Police Service Commission:
POLICE SERVICE COMMISSION
PRESS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS UNIT
PRESS RELEASE
PSC APPROVES APPOINTMENT OF MOSHOOD JIMOH AS COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, LAGOS STATE COMMAND
The Police Service Commission today, Monday 17th February 2025, approved the appointment of Olohundare Moshood Jimoh as the Commissioner of Police, Lagos state Command.
CP Jimoh, before his appointment, was Commissioner of Police, Ports Authority, Eastern Ports.
Jimoh, who hails from Kwara State, was former Force Public Relations Officer and later Deputy Commissioner, Airport Police; Deputy Commissioner, Finance and Administration and Deputy Commissioner General Investigation.
He has undergone several professional trainings which include; Combat operations Course, Mobile Training College Maiduguri; African Union Mission in Darfur Sudan; Weapons of mass destruction counter measure first responder Training Institute, United States; training on social construction and management Reform China Executive Leadership Academy, Pudong China; Training on Maritime Rescue and salvage for Developing Countries, China Maritime Academy Ningbo, China and Training on anti hijacking techniques and tactics for developing countries, Yunnan Police College kunmung, China. He was also at the Police training Institute, Seoul South Korea.
CP Olohundare Moshod Jimoh is a recipient of the Presidential award for Public Relations Personality of the year in recognition of his sterling qualities and outstanding contribution to the development and use of Public Relations by the Nigeria Institute of Public Relations.
CP Jimoh appeared before the Commission today. Present were the Commission’s Chairman, DIG Hashimu Argungu rtd mni, Justice Adamu Paul Galmuje, retired Justice of the Supreme Court and Honourable Commissioner representing the Judiciary and DIG Taiwo Lakanu, fdc Honourable Commissioner representing the Police.
Ikechukwu Ani
Head, Press and Public Relations
Monday, 17th 2025
