Disu was the commander of the Rapid Reaction Forces in Lagos State and the Director of the Operations Department at the headquarters of the Abuja Forces.
The new IRT director has a bachelor's degree in English from Lagos State University and a master's degree in public administration from Adequine Ajasin University, Ondo State.
He has also participated in a number of professional courses at home and abroad, including small arms smuggling training in Botswana, Internet fraud training at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom; strategic leadership courses at the Jos Police Graduate School; and forensics and criminal intelligence courses, including at Lagos University.
He is a member of the International Association of Police Chiefs, Nigerian Institute of Public Affairs, Chattered Institute of Human Resource Management and other professional organizations.