The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has returned to the Ago-Iwoye Police Division in Ogun State, where he began his career as a Divisional Police Officer several decades ago.<\/p>\n
Disu\u2019s visit was disclosed on Saturday by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Ani Iniedu, in a post on X accompanied by a video of the police chief touring the station.<\/p>\n
According to Iniedu, the IGP revisited his first police station and retraced some of the places associated with his early years in the Nigeria Police Force.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom Ago Iwoye to Force HQ. From DPO to IGP. IGP Olatunji Disu psc (+), NPM @TunjiDisu1 just walked back into his very first station, Ago Iwoye Division, Ogun State, decades after it all began,\u201d Iniedu wrote.<\/p>\n
The police spokesman said Disu visited his former office, residence and farm during the visit.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe stood in his old office. He walked his former farm. He stepped through the same residence where a young officer once dreamed of greatness,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Iniedu said the IGP used the occasion to reflect on his career journey and the importance of remembering one\u2019s beginnings.<\/p>\n
He quoted Disu as asking: \u201cCan you visit where you worked before?\u201d<\/p>\n
Describing the visit as more than an emotional return to the past, Iniedu said, \u201cThis wasn\u2019t nostalgia. This was an operational pilgrimage. A reminder that every giant was once a beginner. Every throne has a starting point.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cThe journey of a thousand miles doesn\u2019t begin with a step. It began at Ago-Iwoye.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking in the video, Disu described his return to the division as an emotional experience, recalling how his time there helped him develop his leadership abilities.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a very emotional one. This is my first police station. This is where I learned to be a DPO,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Disu recalled that he had never previously served as a DPO before his posting to Ago-Iwoye and described the assignment as an opportunity to test his leadership skills.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the first time I was able to test my leadership ability. I remember when I was posted here. I\u2019ve never been a DPO before,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The IGP said returning to the station brought back memories of his former living quarters and office.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s emotional being here. I\u2019ve just gone around to see my room. I\u2019ve entered the office and I\u2019ve looked around,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Disu also recalled some of the people he encountered during his early years at the division, including an elderly woman who operated a business near the police station and a man he identified as Baba Aladji.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to go around the streets. I know there\u2019s an old woman in front of the police station. She used to sell things.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe rears goats. The goats always come into our station. I remember Baba Aladji.<\/p>\n
\u201cAladji was very old. I always say this. For everybody, not only police officers.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere you work, do well. The question is, can you go back to where you worked before?\u201d Disu said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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