Nigeria Police has appointed its first Female Police Public
Relations Officer ,PPRO. She is Ag. ACP Olabisi Kolawole.
Her appointment was ratified by the Inspector General of
Police Solomon Arase today August 28th. Congrats to her.
Read her profile after the cut...
She is a graduate of Nigeria Police Academy; she studied
Law in Ogun State University and graduated with Bachelor
of Law degree (LL.B) in 2000. She graduated from the
Nigeria Law School where she obtained a (BL) degree and
was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2002. She attended
University of Leicester, United Kingdom where she obtained
a Masters degree in Police Leadership and Management
(PLM).
She is an officer with vast policing experience at both
national and international levels. At national level she has
held several positions including Legal Adviser,
Administration officer, Intelligence officer and Force Gender
Adviser among others. At the international level, she served
in the following United Nations Missions; in East-Timor
2000, Kosovo 2004, Liberia 2006 and at the DPKO UNHQ,
New York 2007. She is a member of the pool of
investigators assisting the office of the Prosecutor at the
International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague in the
investigations of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence as
international crimes. Besides her core academic trainings
and attainments, Ag. ACP Kolawole attended several
professional Police courses within and outside the country
namely;
• Standing Police Capacity Training at the National Police
Institute, Bramshil, London, United Kingdom in 2007
• Counter Terrorism Studies at the University of St Andrews,
Scotland, United Kingdom in 2008
• POC/Sexual and Gender Based Violence Course at
COESPU in Vicenza, Italy in 2013
• Investigating cases of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
as International crimes at the Rule of Law and Anti-
Corruption Centre, Doha, Qatar in 2013.
• Protection of Civilian Train of trainers course, National
Defence College, Abuja 2014.
• Policy, Strategy and Leadership Course, National Institute
of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPPS), Jos 2014.
• Tactical Leadership and Command Course (TLCC) Police
Staff College, Jos 2014.
• Public Relations Course, Public Service Institute, Abuja
2015
She is a member of a number of organisations and
associations such as; Nigeria Bar Association (NBA),
International Federation of Women Lawyers
(FIDA),International Association of Women Police (IAWP),
International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), United
Nations Women Police Network.
Until her appointment as the Force Public Relations Officer,
Ag. ACP Kolawole was the Deputy Director of the
Directorate of Peacekeeping and the Police Force Gender
Adviser.
She is happily married with children. Her hobbies include
reading and travelling, her sport is Table Tennis.
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