By Evelyn Usman

Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Kayode Aderanti, has resumed duty as the 19th Assistant Inspector General of Police in- charge of Zone 1, Kano.

AIG Kayode Aderanti

Aderanti, who was redeployed from Zone 2, Onikan, Lagos and takes over from AIG Adamu Ibrahim, who has since been redeployed to Zone 2.

With his new appointment, Aderanti, supervises activities of the Nigeria Police in Kano, Katsina and Jigawa State.

The Osun state-born cop who studied Sociology at the University of Ibadan , joined the Nigeria Police Force as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police in 1984.

He has served in different capacities as Deputy Defence Adviser (Police) Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations; Head Interpol Abuja; Director of Peace Keeping Operations, Force Headquarters, Abuja; CP Ports Authority Police (PAP) Western Ports; CP Lagos Command among others.

AIG Aderanti, was also a member of Senior Executive Course 38, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Jos.