With the Nigeria Police Force promoting its outgoing spokesman, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, to the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) and redeploying him to Delta State as Deputy Commissioner in charge of Operations, Benjamin Hundeyin takes over as the FPRO
The Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun has approved the appointment of Benjamin Hundeyin as the new Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO).
The statement announcing Hundeyin’s appointment was signed on Thursday by outgoing FPRO Olumuyiwa Adejobi.
Mr Hundeyin was until his appointment the spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command.
He studied English at Lagos State University and holds a master’s degree in Legal Criminology and Security Psychology from the University of Ibadan. He also earned a certificate in Civil Military Coordination from the Martin Luther Agwai International Leadership and Peacekeeping Training Centre in Kaduna.
Hundeyin is a member of several professional bodies, including the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations and the International Public Relations Association. He is also an associate of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria.
Over the years, he has held different roles within the police. He once served as the spokesperson for Zone 2 Command in Lagos and was part of Nigeria’s contingent to the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Darfur, Sudan, in 2020.
He also worked as an administration officer at the Force Public Relations Department in Abuja before becoming Lagos State police spokesperson.
Mr Egbetokun urged Benjamin Hundeyin to use his experience to strengthen communication between the police and the public.
Mr Adejobi has been redeployed to head the Department of Operations in the Delta State Command.