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Eribo Resumes As New Ekiti Police Commissioner

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January 10, 2025

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By Joseph Sunday

Mr Joseph Eribo has resumed in Ekiti State as the new Commissioner of Police following his recent deployment to the State from Akwa Ibom by the Police Service Commission.

Announcing his arrival on Thursday, the newly promoted Police Public Relations Officer in Ekiti State, SP Sunday Abutu in a press release made available to newsmen in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, informed the public, most especially the good people and residents of the State.

The new CP took over from AIG Akinwale Kunle Adeniran, the immediate past Commissioner of Police in the State who served meritoriously before he was also promoted.

Introducing the newly posted Commissioner of Police to the people of Ekiti State, SP Sunday Abutu revealed that the Commissioner of Police, CP Joseph Eribo hailed from Benin City, Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State.

He attended Edo Boys High School, Benin City, Edo State. He holds a Bachelor of Art (Hons) Degree in Linguistics from the University of Benin, Edo State.

He equally holds a Bachelor of Law (LLB) Degree from the University of Calabar, Cross River State and attended Law School, Abuja, after which he was conferred with Barrister at Law (BL) after obtaining his Masters in Law (LLM) from the Lagos State University.

He was enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Nigeria Police Academy, Kano.

He is the immediate past Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State Command. He is also a former Commissioner of Police, Taraba State Command.

He has served as DCP Operations, Kogi State Command: DC ZONAL CID, ZONE 9, Umuahia, Abia State; Area Commander, Agodi, Ibadan, Oyo State; AC SCID, Lafia, Nasaawa State Police Command.

He equally served as Area Commander in Area ‘F’, Lagos State Police Command; Area ‘M’, Lagos State Police Command; ACP FEDOPS, Force Headquarters, Abuja; Liaison Officer Police Service Commission; DPO, Central Police Station, Abuja; O/C Anti Fraud Unit, Abuja; amongst other.

CP Joseph Eribo attended many capacity building courses, seminars and workshops some of which are: Senior Leadership Command Course, PSC, Jos; Securing Elections, Police Academy, Cairo, Egypt; Investigation of Small Arms and Explosives in Budapest, Hungary; High-result Oriented Course, to mention but a few.

CP Joseph Eribo is a fellow of International Association of Chiefs Of Police (IACP) and a member of many professional organisations.

He is happily married and blessed with children.

His hobbies include: Table Tennis, Watching Football, Gardening and Walking.

CP Joseph Eribo is an expert in crime detection and prevention, a veteran in operations and investigations, an advocate of human rights and a professional in Community Policing. He shall deploy his inherent and acquired skills and strategies for effective and efficient service delivery to the good people of Ekiti State.

The Command therefore, seeks for the support, cooperation, collaboration of all and sundry to ensure the new administration succeeds.

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