FROM ILAWE EKITI WITH LOVE: CP ABIODUN ALABI, WIFE GET CHIEFTAINCY TITLES
CP Sylvester Abiodun Alabi and his Wife, Mrs Tosin Alabi
•Momentous Magazine hail him for contribution to community, country
‘Ku ise lo n mu ori ise ya, loosely translated as ‘well-done makes a worker do more’ is fitting for the honour that the Alawe of Ilawe Ekiti, HRM Oba Adebanji Ajibade Alabi (Afuntande 1) did to a worthy son of the soil, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Sylvester Abiodun Alabi. Albeit, the coronation ceremony is at a later date, CP Alabi and his wife, Mrs. Tosin Alabi are worthy of the traditional titles of Okanlomo and Yeye Okanlomo of Ilawe-Ekiti respectively.
The excellent cop who hails from Ilawe Ekiti in Ekiti state was born on 31st December 1964 to the family of Mr Owoeye and Mrs Alice Alabi of blessed memory. His sterling contributions to his nativeland has put him in good stead. His integrity and credibility to serving the country in the Nigeria Police further bolster the confidence reposed on him by the good people of Ilawe-Ekiti.
The seasoned Police Officer has garnered vast experience in policing both within and outside Nigeria since enlistment into the Nigeria Police Force as Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police on 3rd March, 1990.
He has served in various capacities in the Nigeria Police Force within and outside Nigeria, notably among United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) in 2001. He was mobilised into the elite Police Mobile Force as Unit Commander in August 2001. In April 2004, he became Squadron Commander of Police Mobile Force Squadron 43 Lagos (Diplomatic Protection Squadron) in charge of the security of all Embassies in Lagos.
CP Sylvester Abiodun Alabi
CP Abiodun was demobilised from the Police Mobile Force in June 2009 as a Chief Superintendent of Police and subsequently posted to Lion Building Divisional Headquarters as the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) and later redeployed as the DPO of Ikeja Divisional Headquarters, Lagos respectively. In September 2013, he was Promoted to the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police and deployed to Force Headquarters Abuja as ACP Admin Police Mobile Force.
CP Abiodun Alabi has attended several courses among which are Junior Command Course, Intermediate Command Course, Leadership and Senior Management Course. In June 2016, he was promoted to the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police and posted to Taraba State Police Command as DCP Administration before his subsequent posting to Bayelsa State Command as the Deputy Commissioner of Police Administration in July 2017. In December 2018, he was posted to Ekiti State Command as the Deputy Commissioner of Police Operations, from where he was later nominated for the National Defence College (NDC), Abuja, Course 28.
At the completion of his Higher Defence and Strategic Course at the National Defence College, CP Abiodun was promoted to the rank of the Commissioner of Police (CP) and deployed to the Central Criminal Registry (CCR), Force CID Annex, Alagbon, Lagos, from where he was transferred to Bauchi State Command as the Commissioner of Police Bauchi.
Sylvester Abiodun Alabi, a lover of education. After his primary and secondary school education in 1982, He gained admission into the University of Lagos where he studied sociology and obtained Bachelor of Science with Second Class Upper Degree.
His thirst for quality education motivated him to enroll and obtained his Masters Degree Course at the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife between 1988 and 1989. He is a member of Nigeria Institute of Management (mnim), and Fellow of National Defence College (fdc), Abuja.
We, at Momentous Magazine , celebrate you, CP Alabi. Thank you for your immense contribution to your community of birth and for your commitment to nation building. May you continue to shine.
CP Sylvester Abiodun Alabi, oye a mo ori o!
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