Published On: Sun, Oct 4th, 2015

Ikeja Police College, Commissioner of Police Tunde Sobulo Passes on in America

CP Tunde Sobulo

CP Tunde Sobulo


LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The commissioner of police in charge of Police College, Ikeja, Lagos, CP Tunde Sobulo has died in the United States of America, yesterday.
A police source close to Sobulo who spoke to our correspondent disclosed that the Commissioner of police had been ill for a very long time.

The source said he had been battling with a protracted ailment suspected to be Diabetes for some time now.
Urhobotoday an online medium gathered that the Lagos State commissioner of police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni and the Deputy commissioner of police in charge of operations in Lagos State, Mr. Kokumo had visited Sobulo’s family at their home in Idi- Mangoro, Agege area of the metropolis to commiserate with them.
Policemen wore long faces at the Command headquarters, and Police College, Ikeja when The Urhobotoday visited.
They described the cop as a hard working officer and police operations whizkid. Some of them also described him as a workaholic who spent all his years in the police as a core operations man.
Sobolu, a recipient of National honour of Member of the Order of the Niger (MON) had served in different capacities in the Nigeria Police Force.
He was a one-time Deputy Commissioner of police in charge of operations in Lagos State before he was promoted to commissioner of police and transferred to the Police Training College, Ikeja.
The officer became prominent in Lagos when he headed the Lagos State government enhanced security outfit, Rapid Response Squad (RRS) under the administration of former governor, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

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