Personality in Focus
Celebrating RRS Commander, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi
Birthdays, are special times and moments when, we in ourselves or other greatly inspiring figures across diverse walks of life are celebrated with a fond and sincere heart.
Today the 4th of August, 2021, represent one of such stand out days of every year, when the world stand afoot in merry for no other but a security chief per difference; a trail blazer with very many intimidating and unmet successes in the relentless fight to safeguard lives and properties of Lagosians first and Nigerians awhole.
CSP Saheed Olayinka Egbeyemi, The Numero Uno at Lagos state Rapid Response Squad (RRS), unit of the Lagos state police command, is a brand name associated with a litany of back breaking records in the policing work across differing capacities, continuing in his current capacity as the commander of the RRS Lagos state.
The white lion as he is fondly addressed by Lagosians has an uncommon touch in his character and it is the unique humanitarian lining easily identifiable with him regardless of his top notch professionalism and decisiveness in the line of duty; as sleek, precise and result oriented as he has come to be known, Farin Zaki (The White Lion), has unsolicitedly created a niche for himself with an indelible mark of positive impression on the minds of sundry Lagosians owing to his relief hand outs and giving back to the society life style.
No wonder, OMOKULEHIN has been able to take community policing a notch higher, having been fully demonstrating the police is your friend submission to the letter; it has become common place across Lagos to see the RRS commander been hailed and welcome with heroics into communities even while on duty; credits to his regular all comers reliefs and supports to the needy, dissidents and people living with disabilities (PLWD).
CSP Egbeyemi is a friend and a household name amongst the Arewas, the Ndigbos, Yorubas and everyone; he is not known to ever segregate but fraternizes on the basis of unapologetic professionalism and top rate integrity.
Commentaries from a cross section of his subordinates and civilians as surveyed are fraught with uncommon commendations and well wishes, no wonder the entire SPY PC’s in RRS joyfully address him as EGBEYEWA owing to the new lease of life and welfarism been experienced at the agency.
The list is endless and it is in the light of the above, that CSP Saheed Olayinka Egbeyemi, the commander Rapid Response Squad (RRS), is today been specially celebrated with pop and pageant and the prayers that, our Lord will continue to steer his ship, protect him, increase him in leaps and bounds up to the ultimate goal of his blistering career Amin.
Happy Birthday To You
Omo Isale…. .Oya Gbera!
Courtesy: The RRS Media Team
Former Presidential Spokesperson, Doyin Okupe has reportedly passed away.
TheNewsGuru reports that the senior adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan and, recently, the Director-General of Peter Obi’s 2023 Presidential Campaign died at 71, after a long struggle with cancer.
In October 2023, Okupe was hospitalized with prostate cancer and was flown to Israel for treatment.
However, it was learnt that his condition did not improve as expected.
Okupe had a history of prostate cancer, first diagnosed 16 years ago, and a later bout with sarcoma in his right shoulder.
Following his milestone achievements as Chairman of the Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV), the Chairman/CEO of Executive Group, Dr. Ayo Ogunsan has been officially announced as the Patron of the Police advocacy initiative in Lagos State, National Association of Online Security News Publishers, NAOSNP can report.
The POCACOV is the Nigeria Police Force advocacy initiative to help young people avoid cultism and other vices. It uses advocacy, awareness, and sensitization to help young people avoid vices by conducting community outreaches to schools, inner cities, rural areas, and urban centres. It also helps to rehabilitate and reintegrate those who have been cut in the web of cultism, crimes, and social vices.
It would be recalled that Dr. Ayo Ogunsan took up the Chairmanship job about a year ago and was able to use his grand standing as the Board Member of Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), prime supporter of security news beat association National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP), and leadership of non-profit initiative, AKEM Foundation to champion his work and various impacting activities in the past one year. This is why POCACOV through its National Coordinator, ACP Olabisi Oluseyi Okuwobi on behalf of the Inspector General of Police announced his official elevation into the role of Patron of POCACOV in Lagos State.
The United Nations POLAC International Peace Advocate, Dr. Ayo Ogunsan expressed his gratitude to the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun and the National Coordinator, ACP Okuwobi for the new role and promised to give direction to the new Chairman, Mr. Moses Oladimeji which will lead to improved performance of POCACOV in Lagos.
‘I will keep raiding our communities with love. We will give them food, shelter, etc. Police will do the Police work but I will do the policing of love’, Ogunsan affirmed.
This piece is contributed by Oki Samson
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Shamsedeen Ogunjimi as the new Accountant General of the Federation after a rigorous selection process.
A statement by Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), Bayo Onanuga said his appointment, approved on Tuesday, takes effect from 7th March 2025, the same day the incumbent Oluwatoyin Madehin will retire.
Ogunjimi, 57, was first named as Madehin’s successor last December.
“A selection committee later chose him through a competitive, rigorous, and merit-based process involving Directors of Accounts in the Federal Civil Service. The committee conducted the process through three stages: a written assessment, an ICT proficiency test, and oral interviews.
“The selection process underscores President Tinubu’s commitment to promoting transparency, excellence, and competence in key public service positions,” the statement read in part.
Ogunjimi graduated from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy.
He also obtained a Master’s in Accounting and Finance from the University of Lagos.
He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria.
President Tinubu congratulated Ogunjimi on his appointment, and urged him to discharge his duties in the service with integrity, professionalism, and dedication to Nigeria’s service.
