List of Nigeria's IGPs since Independence as Nigerians await appointment of new police chief

-Nigeria's Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, attained the statutory retirement age on Monday, February 1.However, he still remains in office at the time of filing this report as President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to appoint a new IGP.

As Nigerians wait for the president's appointment of a new police boss, Legit.ng lists in the piece all the IGPs Nigeria has had since the 1960s.

1964 to 1999

1. IGP Louis Edet (1964-1966)

2. IGP Kam Salem (1966-1975)

3. IGP Muhammadu Dikko Yusufu (1975-1979)

4. IGP Adamu Suleiman (1979–1981)

5. IGP Sunday Adewusi (1981–1983)

6. IGP Etim Inyang (1985–1986)

7. IGP Muhammadu Gambo-Jimeta (1986–1990)

8. IGP Aliyu Atta (1990–1993)

9. IGP Ibrahim Coomassie (1993–1999),

2000 to 2010

10. IGP Musiliu Smith (1999–2002)

11. IGP Mustafa Adebayo Balogun (2002 – 2005)

12. IGP Sunday Ehindero (2005–2007)

13. IGP Mike Mbama Okiro (2007–2009)

14. IGP Ogbonna Okechukwu Onovo (2009 - 2010)

2010 till date

15. IGP Hafiz Ringim (2010 - 2012)

16. IGP Mohammed Dikko Abubarkar (2012 - 2014)

17. IGP Suleiman Abba (2014 -2015)

18. IGP Solomon E. Arase (2015 - 2016)

19. IGP Ibrahim Kpotun Idris (2016-2019)

20. IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu (2019-Till Date)

Meanwhile, a new report has highlighted some senior police officers who may be considered for the top job as IGP Adamu is set to bow out.

One of the senior officers is Moses Ambakina Jitoboh, as Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of border patrol.It is gathered that Jitoboh's candidacy is being pushed by some influential persons, including former President Goodluck Jonathan. The AIG hails from Bayelsa state.

Nevertheless, the presidency has said President Buhari will not be driven by ethnic sentiments or affiliations in his choice of the next police chief.

Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, made the statement in reaction to agitations and calls from a section of the country that the next IGP should come from the southeast.

Shehu insisted that the president will only appoint someone who will ensure the security of Nigerians is better than what has been recorded.

Nevertheless, the presidency has said President Buhari will not be driven by ethnic sentiments or affiliations in his choice of the next police chief.

Shehu insisted that the president will only appoint someone who will ensure the security of Nigerians is better than what has been recorded.

garfield1:
So Godwin emefiele,irabor and Ibe kachikwu appointments were driven by nepotism?

Racoon:
Pure nepotism.All the afore appointments are Niger Deltans because they stick to it as such.

garfield1:
[b]Nepotism is a form of favoritism which is granted to relatives in various fields, including business, politics, entertainment, sports, religion and other activities. [1][2] The term originated with the assignment of nephews to important positions by Catholic popes and bishops....

Can you explain how emefiele or irabor are related to buhari or you created another definition for nepotism?

Racoon:
"....When Buhari appointed a majority of the service chiefs from a particular region and religion, he and his supporters defended it and claimed that even if all his appointees come from one region and religion in a multicultural, multi-religious and multiethnic nation like Nigeria, it means nothing as long as they are competent. Today, nothing exposes the shallowness and puerility of such appointments."

"Nepotism is the worst form of corruption. It is the mother of all corruption.That was probably why the framers of our constitution stood firmly against it, by enshrining the most-maligned Federal Character provisions at both Federal and State levels.

By the time we lift the lid off the other federal agencies populated by the President’s kinsmen, townsmen and clansmen; more stench is likely to come out..."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2017/10/nepotism-mother-corruption/amp/

garfield1:
Guy be creative na.dont you have your own natural intellect? So because everybody is shouting nepotism you join them without knowing the real meaning? Do you realize that out of the 4 service chiefs 2 are from the south and two from the north? Do you reason at all

fergie001:
Jitoboh is no more with Border Patrol, he is now Ag. DIG-in charge, Research & Planning Dept.However, whomever the Presidency will pick is someone that will satisfy the requirements for 2023..Please, don't ask me the requirements

Racoon:
Fergie you really got the useless logic behind all the antics of the government behaving like a mother hen looking for a place to lay its egg.

Racoon:

So prominent northerners in the likes of Col.Umar Dangiwa(rtd), Col.Abubakar Sa'ad(rtd-current Sultan of Sokoto), Junaid Mohammed, Sheik Ahmed Gumi, Sule Lamido, etc that have repeated cautioned & warned Buhari on the dangers of nepotism are stupid?

It was simple nepotism that made Buhari handed the COAS position to Ibrahim Attahiru because it was under his govt that the equally incompetent last chief redeployed him away from being the OP Lafiya Dole theatre command.Why should a president reward incompetency? Simply because of nepotism.

As per who you are, you lots behind the current agitations that is compounding the woes of this nation by cheering him on with the notorious policy of total nepotism.How can you explain all the pro-northern hausa-fulani appointments that is the hallmark of this government.

Even Tinubu's The Nation editorial have asked Bubu same question.The voice of the people is the voice of God but as you also know the good lord loves us all irrespective of our sins.

fergie001:
Jitoboh is no more with Border Patrol, he is now Ag. DIG-in charge, Research and Planning Department.

However, whomever the Presidency will pick is someone that will satisfy the requirements for 2023......

Please, don't ask me the requirements

Racoon:

So prominent northerners in the likes of Col.Umar Dangiwa(rtd), Col.Abubakar Sa'ad(rtd-current Sultan of Sokoto), Junaid Mohammed, Sheik Ahmed Gumi, Sule Lamido, etc that have repeated cautioned & warned Buhari on the dangers of nepotism are stupid?

It was simple nepotism that made Buhari handed the COAS position to Ibrahim Attahiru because it was under his govt that the equally incompetent last chief redeployed him away from being the OP Lafiya Dole theatre command.Why should a president reward incompetency? Simply because of nepotism.

As per who you are, you lots behind the current agitations that is compounding the woes of this nation by cheering him on with the notorious policy of total nepotism.How can you explain all the pro-northern hausa-fulani appointments that is the hallmark of this government.

Even Tinubu's The Nation editorial have asked Bubu same question.The voice of the people is the voice of God but as you also know the good lord loves us all irrespective of our sins.

garfield1:


If so,jitoboh won't be picked.he will end up like seiyefa in dss

fergie001:

He was ADC to late DSP
ADC to Jonathan as Bayelsa Gov
ADC to Jonathan as VP and later in the earliest years of his Presidency.

He is from Sagbama LGA....So, it is almost impossible they will pick him.

garfield1:


Him being from sagbama means he is close to Dickson.if galadanchi or inuwa is picked,will he retire?

fergie001:

I don't think so because he is only an Acting-DIG and is of the class of 1994 whilst Inuwa, Galadanchi, Umar were recruited same day in 1990.