The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for Lagos State Command, Mr Benjamin Hundeyin, has been appointed as the new Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO).
He replaces Mr Olumuyiwa Adejobi, a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), who has been deployed to the Delta State Command by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Kayode Egbetokun.
Mr Hundeyin, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), is now the main image maker for the police in the country after the approval of Mr Egbetokun.
Mr Hundeyin holds a BA (Hons) in English Language from Lagos State University (LASU) and an MSc in Legal Criminology and Security Psychology from the University of Ibadan.
He also obtained a Certificate in Civil-Military Coordination from the Martin Luther Agwai International Leadership and Peacekeeping Training Centre, Jaji, Kaduna State. He is an Associate of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), a Member of the International Public Relations Association (IPRA), and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM).
Mr Hundeyin previously served as the Police Public Relations Officer at Zone 2 Command Headquarters, Onikan, Lagos, and was part of the Nigerian contingent to the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Darfur, Sudan (UNAMID) in 2020, and served as the Administration Officer at the Force Public Relations Department, Force Headquarters, Abuja.
Until his present appointment, he was the Police Public Relations Officer for the Lagos State Police Command.
Mr Hundeyin, who can be reached on 07062606717 or [email protected], has been charged by the IGP to leverage his communications and security experience to bolster the Force Public Relations activities and ensure continuous positive relations with the public.