Acting Inspector-General of Police Olatunji Disu has moved swiftly to strip ACP Bukola Yemisi Kuti of her influential post as Principal Staff Officer 2 (PSO2) to former police chief Kayode Egbetokun, reassigning her to the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Kuru — a transfer that has sent shockwaves through the ranks of the Nigeria Police Force.
Senior police sources who spoke confidentially confirmed to this reporter that the reassignment took immediate effect and has triggered widespread debate both among top brass and lower-ranking officers across the Force.
“The Acting IGP has removed ACP Bukola Kuti as PSO2 to the former IGP and redeployed her to NIPSS in Kuru,” one well-placed source said.
Kuti’s time as PSO2 — a role widely regarded as one of the most sensitive and strategically powerful within the Force — was shadowed by persistent allegations of an intimate relationship with former IGP Egbetokun, irregular career advancement, and outsized influence over key institutional decisions, including promotions.
Her reassignment is being read in different ways depending on who you ask. Some within the Force view it as a long-overdue corrective measure. Others believe it amounts to a soft landing — a face-saving exit that shields her from harder consequences.
Kuti joined the Nigeria Police Force in 2012, yet has risen through the ranks at a pace that has left colleagues who preceded her by nearly a decade visibly frustrated. Sources say she was on the verge of a promotion to Deputy Commissioner of Police — a prospect that has allegedly deepened resentment among senior officers who feel the process lacks transparency and fairness.
“She controls promotions at the Police Service Commission and promoted herself to PSO2,” one insider alleged. “She even controls IGP Egbetokun.”
The controversy surrounding her deepened in recent weeks. On February 21, 2026, SaharaReporters reported that Kuti had allegedly taken effective control of the Force Headquarters and was pushing efforts to rope in the Anambra State government as a co-plaintiff in a lawsuit against SaharaReporters and activist Omoyele Sowore. That suit, sources say, stemmed from Sowore’s characterisation of Egbetokun as an “illegal IGP” and allegations that the former IGP’s son, Victor Adewale Egbetokun, received ₦100 million from Anambra’s security vote account — funds designated for confidential security operations — at a time when the state was struggling with serious security challenges.
Anambra’s government reportedly rejected the overtures outright, making clear it wanted no part in the legal action.
With Disu now at the helm, Kuti’s grip on the corridors of power at Force Headquarters appears, at least for now, to have been broken.
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