Hafiz Ringim was a Nigerian

Policeman A police officer (also called a policeman and, less commonly, a policewoman) is a warranted law employee of a police force. In most countries, "police officer" is a generic term not specifying a particular rank. In some, the use of the ...

and former

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. He was appointed in 2010 to succeed

Ogbonna Okechukwu Onovo Ogbonna Okechukwu Onovo (born 7 February 1953) is a former Inspector General of the Nigerian Police (IGP), serving from July 2009 to September 2010. He was appointed IGP upon the retirement of Mike Mbama Okiro. Background Ogbonna Okechukwu On ...

and was succeeded by

Mohammed Dikko Abubakar Mohammed Dikko Abubakar, CFR, NPM, mni (Rtd) is a Nigerian Policeman and former Inspector General of Police. He was appointed in 2012 to succeed Hafiz Ringim and was succeeded by Suleiman Abba in 2014. He is currently the Pro Chancellor and Cha ...

in 2012.

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