Sunday Adedayo Adewusi (6 December 1936 – 26 January 2016) 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 1981 to succeed
Adamu Suleiman
Adamu Suleiman (born 14 May 1929) was a Nigerian policeman and former Inspector General. He was appointed in 1979 to succeed Muhammadu Dikko Yusufu and was succeeded by Sunday Adewusi in 1981.
Suleiman attended Jimeta Elementary School between ...
and was succeeded by
Etim Inyang in 1983. He died at the age of 79 in 2016.
He was born in
Nassarawa
Nasarawa is a Local Government Area in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Nasarawa, located at 8°32'N 7°42'E, with a population of 30,949 (as of 2016). The local government area has an area of 5,704 km and a popula ...
state of Nigeria.
Early life
He started his education at Mada Station between 1944 and 1948, after which he proceeded to Baptist Day School, Jos where he stayed and completed his standard six between 1949 and 1950. He had his secondary education at Keffi from 1951 to 1956.
Police Force
He joined the
Nigeria Police Force
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and had his police training at the Police College from 1957 to 1958 as a cadet sub-inspector. At the police college, he won the cane of honour. In 1965, he went to Police staff college in Scotland. He also studied operation of force at East Riding Constabulary of
Yorkshire
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. At age 32 he was appointed Commissioner of Police, and at age 45 he was appointed Inspector General of Police.
[http://www.nigerianbiography.com/2016/01/biography-of-sunday-adebayo-adewusi.html ]
References
Nigerian police chiefs
People from Ogbomosho
Yoruba police officers
2016 deaths
1936 births
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