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. He was appointed in 1981 to succeed

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and was succeeded by Etim Inyang in 1983. He died at the age of 79 in 2016. He was born in

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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

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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

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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

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