IGP Egbetokun’s Female Orderly, ASP Yemisi Promoted To DSP Without Writing, Passing Promotion Exams – Report
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has been accused of promoting a female officer, Yemisi Ademosu, from an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) to a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), without her sitting for or passing the mandatory promotion examination.
Top sources within the police who confirmed this to SaharaReporters on Monday noted that Yemisi, who began her police career as Egbetokun’s orderly, now frequently accompanies the IGP on both official and personal trips across the country.
A senior police officer told SaharaReporters that Yemisi was promoted from one star (ASP) to three stars (DSP) without going through the required procedures.
The source stated that Yemisi didn’t write or pass any of the police promotion exams.
The officer further alleged that Yemisi relocated to Abuja shortly after Egbetokun’s appointment as the acting Inspector-General of Police by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in June 2023, following the retirement of former IGP Usman Alkali Baba.
The source noted that since then, she has reportedly gained close access to the police chief.
“Yemisi Ademosu was the lady who travels with him who got promoted from ASP to DSP, from 1 star to 3 stars. She never wrote nor passed a promotion exam,” the source disclosed.
The controversial promotion has raised fresh questions about transparency, favouritism, and due process within the police hierarchy, especially at a time when many officers complain about delayed or denied promotions despite meeting all required criteria.
SaharaReporters previously reported the controversial and meteoric rise of another IGP’s female orderly, Bukola Kuti, the Principal Staff Officer (PSO 3) to the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun.
SaharaReporters also reported that there had been clashes between Kuti and other female police officers in the IGP office whom she accused of having amorous affairs with the police boss and fought in a bid to dominate and silence them.
SaharaReporters earlier on Friday reported that there is a storm of controversy in the Nigeria Police Force over the preferential promotion of Kuti, who is romantically involved with the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, amid allegations of favouritism in the Force.
SaharaReporters learnt that Bukola Kuti, once a junior officer, now sits as an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) an unprecedented promotion achieved within just 10 years of joining the Nigeria Police Force.
Sources told SaharaReporters that her professional ascent has little to do with competence or merit.
Rather Kuti’s influence stems from her intimate relationship with the IGP, a fact widely known and whispered across police formations.
SaharaReporters was told by competent sources that within the corridors of Louis Edet House, especially the IGP’s 7th floor office, Kuti is not merely the PSO. She is the gatekeeper, the enforcer, and according to internal sources — the queen of the harem.
Officers say she routinely targeted and undermined female colleagues she suspected of having near or remote affairs with the IGP.
Meanwhile, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, the Force Public Relations Officer and a known ally of Kuti, is mired in controversies of his own.
Multiple petitions against Adejobi allege sexual harassment of female officers — petitions that have either been buried or ignored by the same leadership promoting impunity. (SaharaReporters)
