By Ebinum Samuel
A retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police, DIG, Barrister Marvel E. Akpoyibo, was last month, inducted into the Body of Benchers.(BoB) of Nigeria. The event which took place at the nation’s Capital, Abuja, was witnessed by colleagues, friends and family members.
It will be recalled that when Akpoyibo held forth as the commissioner of police in Lagos(2008 — 2010), the crime situation in the state was reduced to the barest minimum. He was adjudged by Lagosians as the best CP the state ever had since its creation in 1967.
Married with children, grand-children, Akpoyibo who hails from Sapele in Delta state of Nigeria retired in 2014 .
The Body of Benchers of Nigeria is a Statutory body, established by the Legal Act of 1962, responsible for the formal call to the Bar, discipling erring lawyers and enforcing disciplne within the legal profession.