Meet Kwara State’s First Ever Female Commissioner Of Police, Ebunoluwa Rotimi Adelesi

Ebunoluwa Rotimi Adelesi has been appointed the first-ever female Commissioner of Police in Kwara State.

The history-making female cop whose appointment was announced at the weekend succeeds Paul Odama who has been redeployed following his promotion as an Assistant Inspector-General of Police.

Adelesi previously served as Deputy Commissioner of Police (Administration) when the Acting IGP, Kayode Egbetokun was Kwara CP.

It was in Kwara that she was promoted to Commissioner of Police following which she was redeployed to Lagos State Command as CP General Investigation.

According to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ajayi Okasanmi on Sunday, the new CP served in the state between 2020 and 2022.

Okasanmi said although the CP was yet to resume duty, she is expected “hopefully before the end of the week”.

Adelesi’s crime-fighting capacity and combat readiness were affirmed by officers at the command who worked with her.

She was described as a diligent and no-nonsense officer, qualities which earned her the nickname “Iron Lady”.

CP Adelesi Ebunoluwa Rotimi was born in Shagamu, Ogun State in 1963.

She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Language, from Ogun State University (now Olabisi Onabanjo University)

She had served in various capacities as a young and experienced police officer in various states of the federation; also served at the United Nations Peacekeeping mission to Liberia and Darfur (SUDAN).