The management and staff of Igbomina Today Publishers heartily rejoice and congratulate AIG Adegoke Fayoade on his birthday.
Mr Fayoade was once the president of the Omo Ogboye Club of Lagos (2013). He hails from Ila-Orangun in Osun State. He joined the Nigeria Police Force in the 90s and he holds a Bachelor of Arts in Education/History from Lagos State University, a Master of Public Administration from the University of Lagos, and an LLB from the National Open University of Nigeria.
Fayoade had attended courses at home and abroad, some of which include: Criminal Justice Administration at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, USA; Adopting Community Policing Ethos in Training Academy, USIP, Washington DC, USA; Leadership and Senior Management Course, Police Staff College, Jos; Leveraging International Police Cooperation Organisations for Countering Violent Extremism, Abu-Dhabi; and the Senior Executive Course 45 at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Jos.
AIG Adegoke Fayoade was a two-time winner of Best Divisional Police Officer in Africa, awarded in The Hague, Netherlands, and Nairobi, Kenya, in 2007 and 2013 respectively, while he was DPO in Ilupeju and Victoria Island.
“He was also a recipient of the Lagos State Government Honour Award for Excellence in 2013 while he was DPO Victoria Island; a two-time winner of the Meritorious Award on Crime Fighting from the Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria; a Youth Motivation Award from the National Association of Nigerian Students and the prestigious Distinguished Igbomina Man of the Year from Igbomina Today Magazine.
“As a younger officer, Fayoade served in Taraba, Akwa-Ibom, and Abia States. His other previous postings include: Commandant, Police Training College, Oyin-Akoko, Ondo State; Area Commander, Ota Area Command, Ogun State, where he was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the Oto Awori Community; DCP Maritime Command, Lagos; DCP Administration at Zone 2 Headquarters, Onikan, Lagos; and DCP State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Lagos.
Adegoke Fayoade, upon his promotion to the rank of Commissioner of Police in September 2022, he was deployed as CP Armament, Force Headquarters, Abuja, from where he proceeded to the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Jos, earning him Member of the National Institute (mni) in December 2023.
With his elevation to the enviable rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police, he was posted to Zone 2 Command Onikan, Lagos, comprising Lagos and Ogun State Commands as the 32nd Assistant Inspector General of Police.
Fayoade is happily married to his friend, Princess Adekemi Fayoade nee Fabayo and their union is blessed with godly children.
