AYO OGUNSAN, DIG KOKUMU, DIG ADELEKE, AIG ODUMOSU, AIG ALI CELEBRATE AS AIG LANRE BANKOLE RETIRES IN GRAND STYLE
• LSSTF board member, Ogunsan ushers retired Bankole into fresh grace, honor, opportunities
By Oki Samson
The Head of the INTERPOL National Crime Bureau (NCB), Force Criminal Investigations Department, Force Headquarters, Abuja, AIG Sikiru Lanre Bankole has retired from the Nigeria Police Force in grand style after crossing the retirement age mark. The retirement Thanksgiving celebration which coincided with his birthday held at the Kayode Egbetokun Police Cooperative Event Center, Abeokuta, Ogun state, Trek Africa Newspaper can report.
The special event had in attendance high-ranking police officers, both serving and retired and a large number of the creme de la creme in the society. They include the AIG in charge of Zone 2 (Lagos and Ogun), AIG Ari Mohammed Ali, Board member of Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), Dr. Ayo Ogunsan; AIG Alapini rtd, DIG Johnson Kokumo (rtd), DIG Bode Adeleke rtd, AIG Hakeem Odumosu (retd), AIG Kunle Asafa (retd), CP Ebun Oluwarotimi Adelesi (retd); Wife of the retiring AIG, Mrs. Modupe Bankole and CEO of Badinson Security Limited, Mr. Matthew Ibadin.
Others are Commissioner of Police Ogun state Command, CP Alamutu Abiodun; Senator Olugbenga Obadara; the Special Adviser (Security) to Governor Dapo Abiodun, Pastor Oluwole Subair; Commissioner of Police, Force CID Annex Lagos, CP Patrick Atayaro; DCP (Operations), Enugu State Command, DCP Akinbayo Olasoji, the Police PRO Ogun state Command, SP Omolola Odutola and a host of other dignitaries.
The LSSTF board member, Dr. Ayo Ogunsan who has been a great ally and friend of the newly retired officer, AIG Lanre Bankole having monitored his progression for years; even as Commissioner of Police in Ogun state till his last role in the INTERPOL was resplendent in joy. In his prayers for the newly retired police officer, Dr. Ayo Ogunsan declared upon his life, ‘I usher you into a new beginning. Fresh grace, fresh anointing, fresh opportunities will attend your ways. You will enjoy your life better in this season.’
Dr. Ogunsan eulogized the celebrant, AIG Sikiru Lanre Bankole (retd) as a ‘leader, mentor, inspiration, and a very great man’ who is well-grounded in the guiding laws and principles which govern policing both within Nigeria and in the international front.
The retired Head of the INTERPOL NCB, AIG Sikiru Bankole was engaged into the Nigeria Police Force as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police in 1990. He holds a Degree in Law and is a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. He has the knack for working with various people from different backgrounds, cultures, and races.
The affable personality, AIG Lanre Bankole (retd) has attended several leadership and strategic courses within and outside Nigeria including UN Logistics Officers Course, Ghana; Workshop on Financial Crime Investigation, Badagry; UNODC & Interpol Conference on Drug Trafficking, Spain; Workshop on Africa Border Security, South Africa; International Conference on Drug Trafficking, Taiwan; INTERPOL General Assembly, Chile. He served in various operational, investigative and administrative capacities within the Nigeria Police Force including as DCP INTERPOL and CP INTERPOL, FCID Abuja and CP Ogun State Command.
