The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has appointed Lagos Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Benjamin Hundeyin, a Chief Superintendent of Police, as the new Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO).
The appointment follows the redeployment of Muyiwa Adejobi, the former FPRO, to the Delta State Command.
Hundeyin, a graduate of English Language from Lagos State University, also holds a Master’s degree in Legal Criminology and Security Psychology from the University of Ibadan.
He has additionally earned a Certificate in Civil-Military Coordination from the Martin Luther Agwai International Leadership and Peacekeeping Training Centre, Jaji, Kaduna State.
The new FPRO 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).
A seasoned communicator, Hundeyin previously served as the Police Public Relations Officer at Zone 2 Command, Lagos, and later at the Lagos State Police Command.
He was also part of Nigeria’s contingent to the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Darfur, Sudan, in 2020, and at various times worked at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, as an Administration Officer in the Public Relations Department.
The IGP urged Hundeyin to leverage his extensive experience in communications and security to enhance the image of the Nigeria Police Force and strengthen public relations.
