The first female police commissioner in Edo State, CP Betty Enekpen Isokpan Otimenyin, is scheduled to resume office.
CP Betty Enekpen Isokpan Otimenyin will resume her position as Edo State Command’s Commissioner of Police. She will take over from CP Umoru Ozigi, the immediate past Commissioner of Police for Edo State. CP Betty Otimenyin, the first female Commissioner of Police in the Edo State Police Command, was born in Benin City, Edo State.
She enlisted in the Nigeria Police Force in 1992 as a cadet ASP at the Police Academy, Kaduna Annex, and has attended various courses in Nigeria and abroad. The first female Commissioner of Police in the Edo State Police Command has undertaken intensive training locally and internationally.
She completed training in Nigeria at the Citizenship and Leadership Training Course in Shere Hills, Plateau State; the Mobile Training Course in Gwoza, Borno State; the Advanced Detective Course at Police Staff College in Jos; the Junior Command Course at Police Staff College in Jos; the Intermediate Command Course at Police Staff College in Jos; and the Strategic and Leadership Command Course in Abuja.
CP Betty is a member of a number of professional associations, including the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), USA, and the International Association of Women Police (IAWP), USA.
