Nigeria Police Zone 2 Command Celebrates Women In Policing @70 With 5km Sensitization Walk

For seven remarkable decades, women have stood as pillars of courage, service, and resilience in the Nigeria Police Force.

They are breaking boundaries, shaping operational excellence with gallantry, and championing the protection of vulnerable persons across the nation.

This milestone celebration also provides a worthy moment to honour the transformative leadership of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, whose administration has become widely recognized for its unprecedented commitment to gender inclusion and professional empowerment of women in the Force.

Under his watch, female officers are not only rising to senior leadership positions but also leading innovations in policing strategy, operations, and public engagement.

Further, the strategic guidance of the Force Gender Advisor, Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG Aishatu Abubakar Baju, has opened new frontiers for Policewomen to contribute their full potential to national security.

To commemorate the 70 Years of Women Policing in Nigeria, the Zone 2 Police Command (comprising Lagos and Ogun States) used the opportunity to emphasize that gender-based violence, child molestation, rape, intimidation, and every form of abuse must have no place in our society.

This was marked by a 5km sensitization walk around Onikan down to Falomo in Lagos on Friday, 28th November. Other events will continue till Monday, 1st of December, 2025.

The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 2, AIG Adegoke Fayoade, speaking shortly after the Policewomen Walk, celebrated the women in Police and urged the general public to shun gender based violence.

‘We say no to gender-based violence. We want gender mainstreaming, let all gender be given their proper place in the affairs of the nation.

Our Policewomen are very gallant, supportive, professional, and innovative.’

A top female officer and AC X-Squad Zone 2, ACP Edinor Justice said: ‘We are grateful to God for the strength and commitment.

We went out to create awareness on gender-based violence. We all know it is a menace not only in Nigeria but worldwide.

It is not something that we cannot overcome; that is why we have created awareness to individuals, organizations, and institutions that we should come together to say no to violence, no to rape, and no to GBV.

We pray that as we are celebrating the past, we are committing to the present, and inspiring the future.’

Another senior female officer, ACP Amina Yakubu, added: ‘I am excited because today, women in the Nigeria Police are celebrating the 70th anniversary of women policing in Nigeria. We say no to every form of gender-based violence.’

The Zonal PRO, Zone 2, CSP Ayuba Tunni Umma, indicated: ‘We commend the initiator of this program, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, and our mother in person of AIG Force Gender Advisor, AIG Aishatu Abubakar Baju, for this great initiative.

This has never been, and it’s kind of a first time. We want to say a very big thank you, because this has never been in the history of Nigeria Police, and it’s a good thing that we’re celebrating 70 years of women in policing.

Just like my fellow colleagues have said, it is not easy being a woman, being a mother, and then pursuing a career in the police force.

You know, you have a lot of challenges, but we’re grateful that women are growing, and then we’re soaring above and rising to the peak of our career in this it has not been so in the history but, with the present administration, women have been given the opportunities to play their strategic roles, to exhibit their full potentials in different areas of the police.

We want to say a big thank you to IGP Kayode Egbetokun for being gender gender-friendly IGP. We say a very big thank you to AIG Aishatu Baju for being the architect behind this new gender-inclusivity, then to our own father, the AIG in charge of Zone 2 command, AIG Adegoke Fayoade, for his support always.’

‘The 5-km walk is more of a sensitization on gender based violence. We want to say women are important. We want to say no to violence against our children, because our children are the leaders of tomorrow.

We don’t want to begin to groom and raise our children in this kind of manner.’