IGP ADAMU, ALIYU ATTAH, M.D ABUBAKAR, IBRAHIM IDRIS OTHERS PAYS LAST RESPECT AS, FORMER IGP MUHAMMADU GAMBO-JIMETA LAID TO REST
• AS IGP ADAMU LEADS FORCE MANAGEMENT TEAM ON CONDOLENCE VISIT TO FAMILY
. IGP Aliyu Attah, IGP M.D Abubakar, IGP Suleiman Abba, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris Pays Last Respect.
After 32 years of retirement in service, the former Inspector general of Police, IGP Muhammadu Gambo-Jimeta has passes on, laid to rest in Abuja.
Born on 15th April, 1937 in Jimeta, Adamawa State, the late IGP Gambo-Jimeta joined the Nigeria Police Force in 1959 as a Cadet Sub-Inspector. He rose through the ranks and served the Force in different capacities.
He was appointed the 7th indigenous Inspector General of Police and Member, Armed Forces Ruling Council, Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1986, a position he held for close to four years before his meritorious retirement from the service of the NPF in December, 1989.
Since retiring from the Police Force, he held key national positions including the National Security Adviser (NSA) and Minister of Agriculture.
The IGP, while commiserating with the family of the late former IGP, described him as a courageous super cop, an excellent and incorruptible security expert and a quintessential elder statesman whom the Police family as well as the country at large, would miss greatly.
Also present at the burial ceremony were the Executive Governor of Adamawa State, His Excellency, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, former Inspectors General Police: IGP Aliyu Attah, IGP M.D Abubakar, IGP Suleiman Abba and IGP Ibrahim K. Idris amongst other dignitaries.
