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The Inspector General of Police, abbreviated as IGP is the head of the
Nigeria Police Force The Nigeria Police Force is the principal law enforcement and the lead security agency in Nigeria. Designated by the 1999 constitution as the national police of Nigeria with exclusive jurisdiction throughout the country, as at 2016 it has a ...
. He is the most senior officer in the police service. The pioneer IGP is
Louis Edet Chief Louis Orok Edet QPM (1914–1979) was the Inspector General of the Nigeria Police Force from 1964–1966. He was the first indigenous Nigerian to occupy the position. He was briefly the chairman of the Nigerian Football Association in the ...
and the current IGP is Usman Alkali Baba.


Appointment

The appointed officer is usually a serving officer of the Nigeria Police Force and are often recommended by the Police Service Commission to the
President of Nigeria The president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is the head of state and head of government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the Nigeria ...
, who will send the name to the
Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the e ...
for confirmation.


Past IGP

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Louis Edet Chief Louis Orok Edet QPM (1914–1979) was the Inspector General of the Nigeria Police Force from 1964–1966. He was the first indigenous Nigerian to occupy the position. He was briefly the chairman of the Nigerian Football Association in the ...
(1964 - 1966) * Kam Salem (1966 - 1974) * Muhammadu Dikko Yusufu (1975 - 1979) * Adamu Suleiman (1979 - 1981) * Sunday Adewusi (1981 - 1983) * Etim Inyang (1985 - 1986) * Muhammadu Gambo Jimeta (1986 - 1990) * Aliyu Attah (1990 - 1993) * Ibrahim Coomassie (1993 - 1999) * Musiliu Smith (1999 - 2002) * Mustafa Adebayo Balogun (2002 - 2005) * Sunday Ehindero (2005 - 2007) * Mike Mbama Okiro (2007 - 2009) * Ogbonna Okechukwu Onovo (2009 - 2010) * Hafiz Ringim (2010 - 2012) * Mohammed Dikko Abubakar (2012 - 2014) * Suleiman Abba (2014 - 2015) * Solomon Arase (2015-2016) * Ibrahim Kpotun Idris (2016-2019) * Mohammed Adamu (2019-2021) * Usman Alkali Baba (2021-)


References

{{Reflist Law enforcement in Nigeria