Ibrahim Idris Kpotun (born 15 January 1959) is a Nigerian police officer and former Inspector General of Police. He was appointed to this position by

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on 21 March 2016, serving till his retirement in January 2019. He replaced

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, who retired from the police force on 21 June 2016. Prior to his appointment, he was an Assistant Inspector General of Police(Operations), FHQ Abuja. He also led the Police Mobile Force as well as the

Kano State Kano State (Hausa: ''Jihar Kano''جىِهَر كَنوُ) (Fula: Leydi Kano 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞤲𞤮𞥅 ) is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the northern region of the country. According to the national census done in ...

and

Nasarawa State Nasarawa State is a state in the North Central region of Nigeria, bordered to the east by the states of Taraba and Plateau, to the north by Kaduna State, to the south by the states of Kogi and Benue, and to the west by the Federal Capital Terri ...

police commands in

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while serving in the rank of Commissioner of Police.

Biography

Idris hails from Kutigi,

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. He was born on 15 January 1959, and enlisted into the

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in 1984, after graduating from the

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Zaria with a bachelor's degree in Agriculture. He also holds a degree in Law from the

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Records achieved

Idris is the first and only IGP in history of Nigeria to declared his assets publicly and received commendation from the Code of Conduct Bureau for complying with declaration of assets regulations and also the only IGP to have deploy female officer in commanding units at state level.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Idris, Ibrahim Kpotun 1959 births Living people Nigerian police chiefs People from Niger State People from Kano State People from Nasarawa State Ahmadu Bello University alumni University of Maiduguri alumni