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Ozo Aneto Umeadi Oyeoka Chinwuba (1926– 2004): From 1965 to 1966, he served as the Commandant of the Nigeria Police College, Ikeja, becoming the first Nigerian to hold that position:

Ozo Aneto Umeadi Oyeoka Chinwuba was born on 5th May 1926 in Awka, present-day Anambra State, Nigeria. He had a distinguished career in the Nigeria Police Force, serving from 1944 to 1968, and rose to the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police before his retirement.

From 1965 to 1966, he served as the Commandant of the Nigeria Police College, Ikeja, becoming the first Nigerian to hold that position. He was also the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Enugu Province, between 1967 and 1968.

In 1966, he led the Nigerian contingent to the British and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, where he served as the General Team Manager. Beyond his policing career, he was an accomplished sportsman. He represented Nigeria in several table tennis competitions dating back to 1954.

In recognition of his contributions to the sport, he was made an Honorary Member of the Lagos State Table Tennis Association in November 1979.

After retiring from public service, he worked as the Manager for Lewis & Peat Ltd and as the head of security of Life Flour Mill, both based in Sapele, from 1973 to 1979.

Lewis & Peat Ltd was a major timber and rubber crumbs company operating in Sapele, then in the Mid-Western Region of Nigeria. Sapele was a key centre for timber production, and the company played an important role in the region’s economic development.

He was married to Ojiefi Winifred Nwamu Chinwuba (nee Ezenwa) from Umuonaga village in Awka. Aneto Chinwuba is blessed with nine children(two now deceased)all of whom are doing well in their various endeavours.

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Ozo Aneto Umeadi Oyeoka Chinwuba; 1st Nigerian Commandant of Police College Ikeja(Photo). nlfpmod

In memory of Mr. M. Trevor Williams. He was a Senior Superintendent of Police and first Commandant of the Southern Police College based at Ikeja near Lagos.

He died in the United Kingdom on the 23rd of February 1960 and this building at the Police College Ikeja was dedicated after his demise in 1960. Building still stands strong.

Mr M. Trevor Williams was the first colonial Commandant of the Police College at Ikeja while Ozo Aneto Umeadi Oyeoka Chinwuba (1926– 2004): From 1965 to 1966, served as the Commandant of the Nigeria Police College, Ikeja, becoming the first Nigerian to hold that position.

"First Colonial Commandant at Police College Ikeja vs First Nigerian Commandant." @imakun122

https://www.nairaland.com/8612221/aerial-view-famous-police-college

My late father was a past commandant of PCI 😁

There is virtually no segment of the national life of Nigeria that Igbo didn't have a say whether pre or immediate post colonial Nigeria.

All changed immediately the colonial master left. Now here we are 66 year counting with a flawed system struggling to make progress while sustaining the preferred caste. When merits truly count Igbos always hold the forte and blazed the trail.

That means only two police college(university) exist. One in kano and dis one in Lagos, abi?
I don dey confuse.

Fine Igbo man........Rest in peace...

Hmmmm, not sure about this your "forte" and "trail" speech.

As of 2024, they were celebrating Julius Berger logo and water fountain

And Lagos is still Heaven for them

Racoon:
There is virtually no segment of the national life of Nigeria that Igbo didn't have a say whether pre or immediate post colonial Nigeria.

All changed immediately the colonial master left. Now here we are 66 year counting with a flawed system struggling to make progress while sustaining the preferred caste. When merits truly count Igbos always hold the forte and blazed the trail.

Galant and handsome officer , but heliphant logo! Hmmmm

Good to see this here. Thanks Nairaland. That was my dad.

Igbo excellence didn't start today.

E don teyyyyy.

The Nigerian state lost its trajectory by the early wars and consequent hatred for the Igbos

Gallant officer with swag

Okay. Nice. Continue to RIP sir. Although that institution is no longer how you left it. It is well o

I noticed that Anambra and Ogun states produced many of the key leaders in Nigeria

I won't be surprised that Sanwo-olu and The Ronukus will be planning how to change anything named after this guy in Lagos

AdolfHitlerxXx:
Hmmmm, not sure about this your "forte" and "trail" speech.

As of 2024, they were celebrating Julius Berger logo and water fountain

And Lagos is still Heaven for them

Stupidity is free..while abia is a creative state with past head of state no one can talk of your miserable state in such light.

Now best Governor so tell me where do you come from let me educate you.

Hehehehe

Seems as if I touched a raw nerve.

And yes it must be very FREE and widely available there because i don't know how "humanz" will be celebrating Julius Berger Logo in 2024 or Water fountains

Nword22:
Stupidity is free..while abia is a creative state with past head of state no one can talk of your miserable state in such light.

Now best Governor so tell me where do you come from let me educate you.

AdolfHitlerxXx:
Hmmmm, not sure about this your "forte" and "trail" speech.

As of 2024, they were celebrating Julius Berger logo and water fountain

And Lagos is still Heaven for them

Arghhh was it the logo they were celebrating or the good work JB are known for?

The Old Awka District produced a lot of early colonial era policemen. Some of them had even begun to serve before the Berlin conference. Agukwu, Enugwu Ukwu, Nawfia, Awka and Amawbia had a lot of their people in the colonial police. An elderly man once remarked that it was due to their very masculine structure, as they mostly appeared as giants. Even till date, you still find a lot of them in the officer cadre of the police force.

Growing up, my late mum always told me stories about this dude. I am seeing a picture of him for the first time.

His wife was from my mom's village in Awka.

Roonu beegots have already come to pollute this thread...

Racoon:
There is virtually no segment of the national life of Nigeria that Igbo didn't have a say whether pre or immediate post colonial Nigeria.

All changed immediately the colonial master left. Now here we are 66 year counting with a flawed system struggling to make progress while sustaining the preferred caste. When merits truly count Igbos always hold the forte and blazed the trail.

The colonial masters as we call them prefer working with the Igbos, right from Ziks father, for merits but everything changed after the civil war.

AdolfHitlerxXx:
Hmmmm, not sure about this your "forte" and "trail" speech.

As of 2024, they were celebrating Julius Berger logo and water fountain

And Lagos is still Heaven for them

That's what you choose to believe in your delusions, Igbos are first in almost everything, colonial masters preferred to work with them, right from Zik's father by merit but everything changed after the civil war.

Rip to him
He Reign
When integrity is value

Igbos produced so many many firsts in various fields in nigeria it's really very laughable how some delusional people from the sw have been been trying to paint a contrary image of how igbos were very primitive pre independence.

sfx9ja:
Good to see this here. Thanks Nairaland. That was my dad.

Are you really sure about this show us proofs?

AdolfHitlerxXx:
Hehehehe

Seems as if I touched a raw nerve.

And yes it must be very FREE and widely available there because i don't know how "humanz" will be celebrating Julius Berger Logo in 2024 or Water fountains

Post the video were they were celebrating even if they celebrated the logo as a sign abia govt is now serious and ready to reconstruct the road was wrong with that? Are you a sadists who don't like good things and hate seeing people happy?

Racoon:
There is virtually no segment of the national life of Nigeria that Igbo didn't have a say whether pre or immediate post colonial Nigeria.

All changed immediately the colonial master left. Now here we are 66 year counting with a flawed system struggling to make progress while sustaining the preferred caste. When merits truly count Igbos always hold the forte and blazed the trail.

So you are crying because your nepotism has been challenged and curtailed.
You thought you would continue with tribal nepostim. This is the main reason for the bitterness from that side.

Handsome, good looking and gallant officer.

Racoon:
There is virtually no segment of the national life of Nigeria that Igbo didn't have a say whether pre or immediate post colonial Nigeria.

All changed immediately the colonial master left. Now here we are 66 year counting with a flawed system struggling to make progress while sustaining the preferred caste. When merits truly count Igbos always hold the forte and blazed the trail.

It was Azikiwe's Nepotism
Even when Azikiwe got the chance to make make sure his deputy Fadahunsi became the NCNC chairman and prove those who had accused him of gross nepotism wrong , Azikiwe still went to put Micheal Okpara who was already the Premier of the East there
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It all came crashing down in 1966

Ps: we read in Atiku's Biography that Atiku was sent away from the Police College in 1966 when ironsi was Head of State because Atiku didn't have O level mathematics but the HOS kinsmen in the same situation were permitted to stay

It was after the second Revenge coup that Atiku was sent to and was accepted into the Customs service after he told the Northern Region Govt that he was sent away from the Police College