UPDATED: Former Force Public Relations Officer, Olohundare Jimoh Moshood, has been approved as the new Commissioner of Police for Lagos State by the Police Service Commission.
CP Jimoh will replace Ishola Olanrewaju Olawale, who assumed duty as the 40th Commissioner of Police at the Lagos State Command in September 2024.
He came came into the limelight in 2018 after describing Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom as a drowning man. He was replaced with Frank Mba, a former imager maker of NPF, on on January 16, 2019.
State Origin:
Jimoh Moshood hails from Kwara State (Ilorin South). He was the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) at the Nigeria Police Force when he was the Force image-maker.
Education:
He hails from Kwara State (Ilorin South). Moshood earned a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) in Political Science from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Kaduna State.
He attended several crime prevention courses abroad. A few of them include Crime Prevention of Korea Police, at Police Training Institute, Seoul, South Korea; Training Course on Anti – Hijacking Techniques and Tactics for Developing Countries at Special Police Academy, Beijing, China.
He is also a member of Africa Business School Abuja and Associate Fellow of Institute of Corporate Administration Of Nigeria.
Career as a police officer
He had served as the DPO Central Area, Abuja (2012 – 2013). And later the Chief Superintendent of Police in charge Department of Finance and Administration, FCT Abuja, assumed duty as the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer for the Nigeria Police.
Early 2017, Moshood was appointed the substantive Force Public Relations Officer, taking over from Mr. Don Awunah.
Jimoh Moshood was a former Police Public Relations Officer for the Federal Capital Territory Abuja Command. While he was at the FCT Command, he won the Commissioner of Police Commendation Award for diligent and excellent performance.
Courses/Seminars
Mr. Jimoh in the course of his professional career has attended courses and seminars within and outside Nigeria, including:
- Weapons of Mass Destruction Counter-Measures First Responder Training Course at United States Embassy, Abuja Nigeria. 2013
- Responsible Leadership and Ethics, Prevention Corruption Course by Pointman Leadership Institute, Abuja. 2012
- Training Course on Anti-Hijacking Technique and Tactics for Developing Countries at Special Police Academy Beijing, China. 2016
- Seminar on Social Maritime Rescue and Salvage for Developing Countries at China Maritime Police Academy Ningbo, China. 2016
- Seminar on Social Construction and Management Reform at China Executive Leadership Academy Pudong, China. 2014
- Crime Prevention of Korea Police at Police Training Institute, Seoul South Korea. 2013
- African Union Mission in Sudan (Amis Dafur)
He also has In-Mission Training Course in the following areas:
- Child Right and Protection
- Gender Base Violence
- Human Right
- Community Policing
- Dafur Peace Agreement
- Basic skills in investigation. 2006
- Combat Operation Course at Mobile Force Training College, Maduguri. 2001
- Citizenship and Leadership Training Course at Mountain School, Shere Hills, Jos Plateau State. 2001
Special Assignment
Jimoh was deployed as the Officer in Charge / Operation Officer Marla African Union in 2006
Civpol Station, Dafur Sudanin 2007
Professional Affiliation
DCP Jimoh Moshood is a member of different professional bodies, they include:
- Member Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR)
- Member African Business School Abuja
- Associate Fellow, Institute of Corporate Administration of Nigeria
Marital Status
DCP Jimoh is married and blessed with children.
He succeeded Donald Awunah. However, Jimoh Moshood was removed as the force Public Relations Officer on January 16, 2019 by the new IGP Muhammamed Adamu, and Frank Mba was announced as the new PRO of Nigeria Police Force.
Called Ortom as a drowning governor
Governor Ortom wasn’t happy over the killing of his people by criminals described as herdsmen, which made him (Ortom) accused NPF of not taking action to prevent the menace.
His people are angry. Top Benue indigenes have threatened to recruit their own army for the purpose of protecting their people, if the Federal Government failed to come to their aid, and put an end to the carnage going on there.
Unfortunately, the people of Benue are not happy about the response of the security operatives to put them under control.
Instead of the Nigeria Police Force boss, Ibrahim Idris, at the time to visit the state to get first-hand information, he stayed in the Federal Capital Territory to claim that it’s a communal clash.
That sparked serious criticisms, and early this year (2018) over 70 people killed by the herdsmen were interred in a mass burial.
The ‘helpless’ governor called the Inspector general of Police to resign if he couldn’t provide security for the people of Benue.
To hear from the police and the government of Benue, invited Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO) at the time, Jimoh Moshood, and the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Governor Samuel Ortom, Mr. Terver Akase, to hear from both sides, and possibly find a way out of the destruction of lives and properties in the food basket of the nation.
The CPS maintained the stance of his boss:
“the IGP should resign if he can’t direct his men to restore peace in the state.”
In Nigeria, police is owned and controlled by the Federal Government. The IGP is appointed by the FG and takes order from it, while the IGP gives orders to all the state commissioners of police.
They report to the IGP, leaving a state governor in limbo as par security apparatus of his state.
However, governors in Nigeria like to be referred to as “Chief Security Officer” of their state. In reality it’s not true.
It was time for the PPRO Moshood to react to the call for the resignation of his boss. His statement can be described as the last straw that broke the camel’s back.
Instead of addressing the issue at hand, rather he said the state governor himself should resign, saying:
“It’s irresponsible of Governor Ortom to call for the resignation of the IGP. The governor should resign, if he can’t maintain law and order in his state.
“And I don’t think the police force will continue to drag issues with a drowning governor.” That was on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 (at about 9:00AM).
That statement irked CPS Akase, and the programme nearly degenerated to a confrontation between the two government officials.
The host of the programme, Maope Ogun-Yusuf of Channels intervened and threatened to discontinue the interview if both men failed to abide by the code of conduct of the programme.
What a great man!! Up Jimoh Moshood