IRT commander Tunji Disu decorated with CP rank

Tunji Disu RRS commander

Commander of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) Tunji Disu has been decorated with the rank of a commissioner of police.

Disu announced this via Twitter on Thursday evening with a photo of himself being decorated.

“Promotion to the rank of Commissioner of Police. All I have is gratitude. Alhamdullilah,” he wrote.

Disu was the commissioner of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) in Lagos before he was appointed to replace the disgraced Abba Kyari at IRT in 2021.

He had also served as deputy commissioner of police, Department of Operations, Force Headquarters, Abuja.

He also previously served at the state CID, Rivers State as the deputy head, as well as a former commander of the Nigeria Police Contingent to the African Union (AU) Peacekeeping Mission in Dafur, Sudan.