Former Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Gambo Jimeta is dead.
He has been battling age-related ill health for some time now and was actually rumoured dead last year.
He was appointed in 1986 to succeed Etim Inyang and was succeeded by Aliyu Attah in 1990. He was also a National Security Adviser to President of Nigeria Ibrahim Babangida.
Jimeta was born on April 15, 1937, Jimeta- Yola, Gongola State.
Education: Jimeta Elementary School, 1947-49,
Yola Middle School, 1950-55,
Bauchi Provincial Secondary School, 1956-58, Government College, Keffi, 1958-59,
Nigeria Police College, Kaduna, 1959,
Police College, Ikeja, 1959 Detective Training School, Wakefield, UK, 1962, Bramhill Police College, UK, 1963,
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International Police Academy, Washington DC, USA, 1980, National Police Academy, Cairo, Egypt, Wolfson College, University of Cam bridge, UK, 1980-81, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru; enlisted in the Nigeria Police as a Cadet sub-Inspector, September 1959; promoted Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), 1963, Deputy Superintendent of Police, 1967, Superintendent of Police, 1969, Chief Superintendent of Police 1972 and assistant commissioner of Police, 1974; promoted Commissioner of Police, 1977; appointed Commissioner of Police and member, Executive Council, Lagos State, 1979-81; promoted Assistant Inspector General of Police and transferred to Force Criminal Investigation Division, Alagbon Close, Lagos, 1982; promoted Deputy Inspector General of Police, 1984; appointed Inspector General of Police and member, Armed Forces Ruling Council, since November 1, 1986; member, Board of Governors, Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON), Badagry; member, Board of Governors, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC); member, National Institute (mni); member, British Institute of Criminologists; member, International Association of Police Chiefs; National Decorations:
Independence Medal, Nigeria Police Long Service Medal, National Service Medal,
Republic Medal, General Service Medal.
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