From Ago-Iwoye To Police Headquarters: Disu Revisits The Station Where His Journey Began

For Inspector-General of Police Olatunji Disu, a return to Ago-Iwoye Police Division in Ogun State on Saturday offered a rare opportunity to walk through the physical spaces that witnessed the earliest chapter of a career that would eventually take him to the top of the Nigeria Police Force.

Decades after serving as the Divisional Police Officer of the station, Disu returned to Ago-Iwoye, retracing the path of a young police officer who could hardly have known that the same career would one day lead him to the office of Inspector-General.

The visit was disclosed by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Ani Iniedu, in a post on X accompanied by a video of the police chief touring the station.

Iniedu said Disu revisited not only the division where he once served but also some of the places that were part of his life during those formative years.

The IGP reportedly entered his former office, visited his old residence and walked through his former farm — places that represented a considerably different phase of his life and career.

For Disu, the return appeared to carry a message beyond personal memories: that the highest positions in public service are often preceded by years of ordinary assignments, responsibilities and lessons accumulated along the way.

“From Ago Iwoye to Force HQ. From DPO to IGP,” Iniedu wrote, describing the significance of the visit.

The police spokesman said Disu used the occasion to reflect on his professional journey and the importance of remembering the places and experiences that shaped one’s career.

Iniedu quoted the IGP as asking, “Can you visit where you worked before?”

He subsequently described the visit as an “operational pilgrimage,” rather than merely an emotional return to the past.

The Ago-Iwoye visit therefore provided a striking contrast between two points in Disu’s police career — the divisional office where he once exercised responsibility at the local level and the Force Headquarters where he now provides leadership for the entire police organisation.

Iniedu said the experience was also a reminder that career journeys are built incrementally, with every posting and assignment potentially becoming part of a much larger story.

“The journey of a thousand miles doesn’t begin with a step. It began at Ago-Iwoye,” he wrote.

The visit has consequently turned an otherwise routine return to a former duty post into a reflection on professional growth, institutional service and the often-unpredictable distance between where a career begins and where it can ultimately lead.