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Also known as: NPF| Police [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Classified as: Police [+]

Areas of operation


Area of Operation First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Nigeria [+] 1990 [+] 2010 [+]

Sites


Site First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Abuja [+] 1993 [+] 24 October 2016 [+]

Parent units

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Subsidiaries

Name Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Department of Operations [+] 'B' Department of Operations [+]
DOPs [+] 		Police [+] 1983 [+]
Force Criminal Investigations Department [+] Department 'D' [+]
FCID [+]
Federal Criminal Investigation Department [+]
NPF Criminal Investigation Department [+] 		Police [+] May 2010 [+] 21 September 2016 [+]
Force Headquarters [+] Louis Edet House [+]
Police Force Headquarters [+] 		Police [+] 1990 [+] 2010 [+]
Unknown Zonal Police Command [+] Placeholder [+]
Police [+] 		August 1991 [+] 9 July 2003 [+]
Zone 1 Police Command [+] Zone 1 [+]
Zone One [+] 		Police [+] 10 March 2004 [+]
Zone 10 Police Command [+] Zone 10 [+]
zonal headquarters of the Nigeria Police [+] 		Police [+] 30 January 2005 [+]
Zone 11 Police Command [+] Zone 11 [+] Police [+] 11 April 2002 [+]
Zone 12 Police Command [+] Zone 12 [+]
Zone 12 Command [+] 		Police [+] 30 January 2005 [+]
Zone 2 Police Command [+] Zone 2 [+]
Zone II [+]
Zone Two police command [+] 		Police [+] 30 January 2005 [+]
Zone 3 Police Command [+] Zone 3 [+] Police [+] 30 January 2005 [+]
Zone 4 Police Command [+] Police Zone '4' [+]
Zone 4 [+] 		Police [+] 1986 [+] 7 February 2015 [+]
Zone 5 Police Command [+] Zone 5 [+] Police [+] 29 April 2002 [+]
Zone 6 Police Command [+] Zonal Police Headquarters, Zone 6 Calabar [+]
Zone 6 [+]
Zone 6 Police Headqaurters [+] 		Police [+] 30 January 2005 [+]
Zone 7 Police Command [+] Zone 7 [+] Police [+] 30 January 2005 [+]
Zone 8 Police Command [+] Zone 8 [+] Police [+] 30 January 2005 [+]
Zone 9 Police Command [+] Police Zonal Command Umuahia [+]
Zone 9 [+] 		Police [+] January 2001 [+] 22 January 2016 [+]

Personnel

Table showing personnel linked to this unit in command, administrative and other roles
Name Rank Role Official Title First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Abayomi Shogunle [+] Chief Superintendent of Police [+] Deputy Force Public Relations Officer [+] Deputy Force Public Relations Officer [+] 2 July 2015 [+]
Usman Alkali Baba [+] Inspector General of Police [+] Commander [+] Inspector General of Police [+] 7 April 2021 [+] 22 January 2022 [+]
Solomon Ehigiator Arase [+] Inspector General of Police [+] Commander [+] Inspector General of Police [+] 2 July 2015 [+]
Mohammed Abubakar Adamu [+] Assistant Inspector General of Police [+] Commander [+] 15 January 2019 [+] 6 April 2021 [+]
Suleiman Abba [+] Inspector General of Police [+] Commander [+] Acting Inspector General of Police [+] 8 September 2014 [+]
Ibrahim Idris [+] Inspector General of Police [+] Commander [+] Inspector General of Police [+] 14 January 2019 [+]

Sources

List of all sources used to evidence the data in this record Click the "+" symbol next to every data point in the record to see the sources used for that data point.
Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
19 January 2001 This Day Anyanwu Calls for Relocation of Police Zonal Command
10 March 2004 Vanguard Akume: Police Arrest 44 Suspects
02 June 2004 Vanguard Police Discover Arms Depot in Abia
17 August 2007 Daily Champion New Dimension to Demolition in Abuja
01 March 2010 Daily Trust How Guards Brigade Operates, By Senior Officer
03 March 2010 Daily Trust Guards Brigade Commander Only Answers to President - Ex-Security Chief
26 January 2012 Daily Trust The Man M.D. Abubakar
21 May 2012 Daily Trust Suspicious Man Arrested at Police HQ
24 October 2016 This Day Police Deny Recovering 19 Suvs From Arase
27 March 2015 Daily Independent Polls - IG Redeploys Six DIGs, 11 Others
02 July 2015 The Guardian (Nigeria) Owoseni replaces Aderanti as Lagos CP
1990 Armed Forces Ruling Council Police Act 1990 Part II S.9(4) 18 September 2018
05 June 1986 Armed Forces Ruling Council National Security Agencies Act Section 3 2(a)
06 July 1994 Armed Forces Ruling Council Armed Forces Act Part III S.8(1)
11 March 2016 News Agency of Nigeria 35 suspects arrested in arms mop-up operation in Delta
22 August 2010 Nigeria Police Force DEPARTMENT 'D'
2013 Budget Office of the Federation POLICE FORMATIONS AND COMMAND
06 April 2016 Federal Republic of Nigeria The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Nigeria Police Force The Structure of the Nigeria Police Force
2012 Nigeria Police Force STATE STRUCTURE ORGANOGRAM OF ZONE NINE COMMAND
16 October 2016 Premium Times Aso Rock ‘demons’ behind Buhari’s ‘wife-belongs-in kitchen’ gaffe – Fani-Kayode
Office of the President Federal Republic of Nigeria Past Presidents & Heads of State
27 March 2015 Vanguard IGP Redeploys Top Officers On Election Duty
07 May 2013 Vanguard Nigeria: IG Orders Redeployment of 11 CPS With Immediate Effect
22 July 2014 Vanguard Chime Plots Deputy's Impeachment, Mobilises Lawmakers
08 September 2014 Vanguard Lagos, 20 other states get new Police Commissioners
09 June 2016 Vanguard New FCT Commissioner of police assumes duty
19 October 2016 Vanguard Buhari meets Chibok girls, parents in Aso Rock today
2007 Spectrum Books Limited Policing Nigeria in the 21st Century. "Police Mobile Force: How Far, How Well?"
18 June 2010 Daily Trust Policemen to Be Sacked for Failing Promotion Exams
State Security Service Our History
State Security Service Statutory Roles
15 January 2019 Nigeria Police Force Acting Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, NPM, mni assumes duty at the Force Headquarters, Abuja. 23 January 2022
21 September 2016 Amnesty International "You Have Signed Your Death Warrant" : Torture And Other Ill Treatment In the Special Anti-Robbery Squad. AFR 44/4868/2016 27 September 2018
21 January 2022 Newsmakers IGP Baba Replaces Odumosu with CP Abiodun Alabi in Lagos …Posts Garba, Abass to Yobe, Benue 22 January 2022
23 September 2021 Newsmakers Officer Killed as Police Clash with Motorbike Riders in Lagos …CP Visits Divisions to Assess Security 21 January 2022
2010 Network on Police Reform in Nigeria et al Criminal Force – Torture, Abuse, and Extrajudicial Killings by the Nigeria Police Force
21 October 2020 Premium Times #EndSARS: As Nigeria burns, Buhari refuses to address the nation 22 October 2020
16 February 2021 Premium Times Ex-Nigerian defence chief, Olonisakin pulls out of army 16 November 2021
07 April 2021 Premium Times PHOTOS: Ex-IGP Adamu formally hands over to Alkali 23 January 2022
15 January 2019 TODAY Mohammed Adamu officially assumes office as acting IGP 23 January 2022
24 January 2016 Vanguard How Fulani herdsmen abducted, killed Delta monarch