Aliyu Atta was a Nigerian Policeman and former

Inspector General of Police An Inspector General of Police is a senior police officer in the police force or police service of several nations. The rank usually refers to the head of a large regional command within a police service, and in many countries refers to the most se ...

. He was appointed in 1990 to succeed

Muhammadu Gambo Jimeta Muhammadu Gambo Jimeta (15 April 1937 - 21 January 2021) was a former Inspector General of the Nigeria Police Force. He was appointed in 1986 to succeed Etim Inyang and was succeeded by Aliyu Attah in 1990. He was later Coordinator of National ...

and was succeeded by

Ibrahim Coomassie Ibrahim Coomassie (18 March 1942 – 19 July 2018) was a Nigerian police officer and the 9th Inspector General of Police (Nigeria), Inspector General of Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Police serving between 1993 and 1999, under the military gover ...

in 1993.

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