Nigeria's Victor Olisa Appointed LONDON POLICE FIRST BLACK COMMANDER

Victor Olisa, a UK-based Nigerian and a Chief Superintendent with the London Metropolitan Police has been appointed the first black commander for Bexley local council in London. “Policing runs in the family and I have always wanted to be a police officer and ethnicity does not affect that”, Olisa told the Europe Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in his reaction on the appointment in London. Olisa, whose grandfather was a police officer in Nigeria, said his focus was on the job rather than on being the “first black’’ adding that his ethnicity never affected the way he carried out his duties. “I consider myself first and foremost a police officer. If (being black) is an advantage, then brilliant; If it’s a disadvantage, I will have to deal with that, I can’t hide it”.