The Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 5, Lawan Tanko Jimeta, is dead.
Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Ahmed Wakil confirmed he died on Sunday morning at the Benin Teaching Hospital, Edo State after a brief but yet-to-be-disclosed illness.
He was born on September 9 1964 in Jimeta, Yola North Local Government Area of Adamawa State. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in the English Language from the University of Maiduguri; and a Masters’s degree in Peace and Conflict Studies from the National Open University.
He enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force on 3rd March 1990 as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police and was trained in the Nigeria Police Academy Annex, Kaduna State.
Until his death, Jimeta was the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 5, comprising Edo, Delta, and Bayelsa.
He assumed duty at the Zone 5 Command in Benin on the January 13, 2022 after taking over from AIG Ahmad AbdurRahman.
The late AIG has served in various capacities in the Nigeria Police, including as Edo State Commissioner of Police, Personal Assistant to the AIG of Police, Department of Training and Development, FHQ Annex, Lagos State and Chief of Training, Directorate on Peace-keeping, FHQ, Abuja as well as Area Commander, Suleja.
