Hyacinth ChinweubaFirst female Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO) of Lagos State Police Command has been appointed to head, IGP Monitoring Unit, Lagos Annex.
A thorough bred officer, Braide graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Language from the Lagos State University.
She Joined the Force as a Cadet Inspector at a tender age of 19 and was trained at the Nigeria Police Academy in Wudil Kano.
In the course of her career, CSP Braide has attended various courses both at home and abroad; some of which are a prosecution Course at the Nigeria Police Detective College, Enugu; an International Post-Blast Investigation at the Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms Academy in Atlanta, Georgia in and a Psychotraumaology, Debriefing and Diffusing Course in Switzerland.
She successfully participated in two United Nations Peace Keeping Operations; one with UNMIK Kosovo where she served in various Crime Investigation Units until she was appointed to head the Domestic Violence Unit in Kosovo.
And, the other was in 2006 in Liberia; where she was appointed to head the Finance Unit of the United Nations Police in that country. As a dedicated Officer she earned a Commendation Award for Devotion to Duty & Hard Work.
Her four-year stint with the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) where she garnered experience in dealing with Organized Crime as she was attached to Interpol’s Organized Crime Division (OCD).
This posting was followed by her redeployment to Force Intelligence Bureau FllB FHQ annex, Lagos, where she served for another four years before being posted to the Special Fraud Unit (SFU).
While with SFU, she was attached to the Commercial Fraud Unit but later became a Sectional Head of the Oil and Gas Fraud Section.
She was on secondment with the Inspector General of Police Monitoring Unit at Force Headquarters, Abuja before her appointment as the first female Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos State. This was the office and position she held from June 2012 till September 2014.
There after she was again redeployed to Zone 2 Police Command Lagos, as the Zonal administration officer, after which she was again posted back to Special Fraud Unit in 2015 as the team manager of oil and gas fraud section.
She held that position till may 2019 when she was redeployed again to Zone 2 Command where she became the officer incharge Xsquad, the position she held till her present upliftment to the post of Officer in charge of Inspector General of police Moitoring unit, Lagos.
During her career in the Public Relations Department, she bagged not less than 20 nominations and awards, some of which includes, “Young Achievers Nigeria Award” as (Police Spokesperson of the year 2012). “Junior Chambers International (JCI) Presidential Service Achievement Award 2013” for (My Outstanding Service to humanity). “Titans of Tech. Award – PURE GENIUS 2013” as (Titans of Tech Most Influential Woman in ICT in Nigeria). “Igbo Leaders Nigeria Award of Excellence 2013” as (A Virtuous Woman of Substance). “City Pride Achiever’s Award as the Most Outstanding Female Police Officer of the year 2013 “Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria (CRAN) 2013 Award” as (The Most Outstanding Female Police Public Relations Officer). “PAN African Merit Award, December 2013” as (The Best Police Officer of the Year). CRAN Award West Africa Media Community Award (WAMCA 2019) as the most media friendly police officer of the year, Matron, CMC Gladiator and many more.