A Nigerian woman-based in New York
has made her country of birth very proud for becoming the first African to be
promoted to the rank of a police inspector in the history of the New York
Police Department, NYPD.
The deputy Police inspector
identified as Olufunmilola F Obe was promoted to the rank of an inspector at
NYPD headquarter in Manhattan this past Friday, the 18th of December 2015.
When
her name was announced as the new NYPD police inspector, there was a loud roar
of approval from the audience of many Nigerians and African leaders in New York
area, who had been invited to witness the ceremony.
Mrs Obe started her career in 1992
as a Police Cadet. She became a police officer in February 94. She was promoted
to Sergeant in December 2000.
In July 2005, she became a
Lieutenant, in 2008, she became a Captain and in June 2012 she became a Deputy
Inspector and finally in December 2015, she was promoted to an Inspector.
Olufunmilola Obe bagged a Bsc in
Computer Science from City College in New York. She did her Master in Public
Administration at Marist College. In 2014, she graduated from the Police
Management Institute at Columbia University.
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