Muhammadu Gambo Jimeta (15 April 1937 - 21 January 2021) was a former

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of the

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. He was appointed in 1986 to succeed

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and was succeeded by Aliyu Attah in 1990. He was later Coordinator of National Security to

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Early life

He was born in Jimeta on 15 April 1937.

Education

Gambo as he was popularly called, attended Jimeta Elementary School (1947–49) and Yola Middle School (1950–55) for his early education. Thereafter, he went to Bauchi Provincial Secondary School (1956–58) and Government College Keffi (1958–59), before attending Nigeria Police College

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(1959) and Police College Ikeja (1959). He also attended Detective Training School, Wakefield, UK (1962), Bramhill Police College UK (1963), International Police Academy, Washington DC, USA (1980) and National Police Academy, Cairo, Egypt.

Career

After leaving the police college, Gambo began his career as a Cadet sub-Inspector. In 1963, he was promoted to Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP). He became a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in 1967 and full superintendent in 1969. In 1972, he was promoted to Chief Superintendent of Police and became an Assistant Commissioner of Police in 1974. He became Commissioner of Police in 1977 and served in Lagos, where he got national fame as a crack police officer dealing with robberies in the state. In 1982, he was promoted AIG and transferred to Force Criminal Investigation Division, Alagbon Close, Lagos. He became a DIG in 1984 and Inspector General of Police in 1986.

Post-retirement

In 2011, the then President

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appointed Alhaji Mohammed Gambo Jimeta as a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee on

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of Mercy.

Death

He died on Thursday 21 January 2021.

References

Nigerian police chiefs People from Adamawa State 1937 births 2021 deaths {{law-enforcement-bio-stub