Hyacinth Chinweuba
Johnson Babatunde Kokumo, the new Commissioner of Police in Edo State on Tuesday the 2nd of June, 2020 assumed duties and responsibilities of the command, as the 42nd Commissioner of Police.
He succeeded CP Lawan Tanko Jimeta who has been redeployed to Bauchi State Police Command.
The Commissioner was appointed on the 15th March, 1988 as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police.
He hails from Alimosho, in Alimosho LGA of Lagos State and holds Master of Science Degree in Sociology with specialization in Criminology from the University of Lagos, Bachelor of Science degree with honours in Sociology from the University of Maiduguri, Borno State.
He is an Alumnus of the Prestigious National Institute for Policy and strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Jos, Plateau state where he earned through dint of hard work the mni surfix. He has attended many professional courses, Seminars and Workshops. In the course of his sojourn in the Nigeria Police Force, he attended the following among others; Police Mobile Force Squadron Commanders’ Retreat; Workshop on Human Rights – this is the reason why he has zero tolerance for Human Rights and Dignity Violation, Infringement and abuse, Workshop on Human trafficking and forensic Science and Senior Executive course 41, 2019 at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS).
He is a member of International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP); with all these knowledge, you will agree with me that the commissioner of Police is vast in every area. He is an all-rounder.
He has served the force in various including but not limited to the following, Operations officer in Lagos state Command, during the reign of Terror of notorious armed robber Sina Rambo, Teaching and Directing Staff at the Nigeria Police Premier Training Institution, that is, Police College Ikeja, and Divisional Police Officer both in Lagos and Ogun States; during the reign of terror of notorious Amani Tijani, a cross border bandit and Commanding officer-Squadron No 16 Police Mobile Force, among others.