On Tuesday, March 25, 2025, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr. Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun, NPM, decorated the newly promoted Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) Gyogon Augustine Grimah, psc, FCAI, AIG Zone 10, Sokoto, along with other senior officers.
The ceremony took place at the Goodluck Jonathan Peacekeeping Hall, Force Headquarters, Abuja. IGP Egbetokun was joined by the wife and family members of the promotee in this significant occasion.
The New Assistant Inspector General of Police hails from Nasarawa State, he holds a BSc. Hons in Chemistry from ABU, Zaria & MPA. The vibrant young Augustine Grimah was enlisted into the Police Force as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police (C/ASP) May, 1992 and trained at Police Academy Annex, Kaduna.
From the completion of his training to the very moment of his deployment to Zone 10 Police Headquarters Sokoto as the Assistant Inspector General of Police, he had served in several States Commands and Police formations in various Capacities among which include; Patrol & Guard (P&G) Ops, Enugu State Command, Unit Commander (U/C) in 27 PMF Katsina State, 2I/C Squadron Commander in 27 PMF Katsina State, Staff Officer, Federal Operations, Force Headquarters, Abuja, Divisional Police Officer (DPO) S/Gari Division, Katsina State, Investigator in Special Fraud Unit (SPU), FCID Abuja.
At the strategic managerial cadre of the Force, he was, Commandant, Police Secondary School (PSS), Calabar, Commandant, Police Boys Secondary School (PBSS), Mani Katsina State, AC Department Training and Development, Katsina State Command, AC X-Squad FCID Abuja, AC SCID Plateau State Command, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DC) Force Provost Marshall, FHQs Abuja, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DC) Criminal Investigation Department Enugu State Command, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DC) Department of Operations Ekiti State Command, Commissioner of Police, Information Communication Technology (ICT), FHQs Abuja, Commissioner of Police Kaduna State Command and Commissioner of Police Cross River State Command from where he is posted as the 24th Assistant Inspector General of Police Zone10 Police Headquarters Sokoto.
The Assistant Inspector General of Police has vast knowledge and experience in Police Operations, Investigation and Administration which he pledged to utilise in the administration of Zone10 Police Headquarters in order to subdue the various forms of criminality bedevilling the Zone.
