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President Buhari confers National Honour on former IGP Adamu
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the conferment of a national honour on the former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Abubakar Adamu.
According to a copy of the conferment letter made available to newsmen on Sunday in Abuja, the award ceremony will hold on Oct. 11, in Abuja.
The letter was signed by the Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Sen. George Akume on behalf of the President.
Akume said that Buhari had approved the conferment of the rank of Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) on Adamu.
The investiture ceremony is scheduled to take place at the International Conference Centre ICC Abuja on Tuesday, October 11, 2022.
He said that Adamu was listed among the recipients of the 2022 National Honours Award as a mark of recognition by the Federal Government for his meritorious service to the nation.
It was learned that Adamu was the 20th Nigeria’s indigenous Inspector General of Police who served in different capacities of the force before he was appointed the IGP in 2019.
Adamu, a graduate of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria was born on Sept. 17, 1961, in Lafia, Nasarawa State.
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He joined the Nigeria Police Force in 1986 and trained at the Nigeria Police College in Ikeja, Lagos State.
He worked as the Divisional Crime and Administrative Officer at the Mgbidi Police Station in Mgbidi, Imo State.
He also served as Officer in charge of General Investigation at the then NPF Zone 6 Headquarters in Calabar.
Adamu also has extensive international experience, he worked at INTERPOL’s NCB in Alagbon, Lagos from 1989-1997.
The nominee was the first Nigerian to be seconded to INTERPOL General Secretariat, Lyon, France in 1997 where he served as a specialized officer in Economic and Financial Crime, Sub-directorate from 1997- 2002.
He became the first black African to be appointed Assistant Director in charge of the African Sub-Directorate and a director of NCB Services and i-24/7 Development.
Adamu served as Director in charge of Peacekeeping and Training at the Nigeria Police Headquarters, Abuja, before his subsequent appointment as the Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command.
While as IGP, Adamu initiated several policies aimed at repositioning the Nigeria Police Force among which is the community Policing strategy.
