Mike Mbama Okiro
| Mike Mbama Okiro | |
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| Inspector General of the Nigerian Police | |
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In office 2007–2009 |
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| Preceded by | Sunday Ehindero |
| Succeeded by | Ogbonna Okechukwu Onovo |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
24 July 1949 Oguta, Imo State |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Alma mater | University of Jos |
| Occupation | Police officer, lawyer |
Sir Mike Mbama Okiro was the Inspector General of the Nigeria Police Force from 2007 to 2009.
Mike Okiro was born on 24 July 1949 in Oguta, Imo State and hails from Egbema in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. He is the Agunechemba I of Egbema, and Nigeria's first ethnic Igbo to assume the post of Police Inspector General. He holds a degree in English Language from the University of Ibadan, a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Lagos and an LLB and LLM from the University of Jos. He, in addition, also holds Honorary Doctorate Degrees from the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State and Novena University, Delta State. He is an Alumnus of the prestigious National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru Plateau State.
He joined the Nigerian Police in 1977. Operational and command positions include serving as DPO in several police stations, Member, Armed Robbery & Firearms Tribunal, Lagos State, Assistant & Deputy Commissioner of Police (operations), Lagos State and later Benue State. He received a double promotion from Commissioner of Police when he became Deputy Inspector-General of Police. In June 2009, Okiro released a book titled "Policing Nigeria in a Democracy".
On assumption of office as the Inspector-General of Police, he worked tirelessly to provide secure environment for the actualization of Mr. President’s Vision of placing Nigeria among the world’s top 20 economies by the year 2020. This he ably did by partnering effectively with the Ministry of Police Affairs and the Police Service Commission, in a conscious effort towards re-positioning the Nigeria Police in the areas of Quality Training, Behavioral and Attitudinal Change, Community Policing and Service Delivery. He significantly improved the welfare and morale of officers and men, by an enhanced salary package and improved logistics, notably owner-occupier houses. He created a channel of communication as a tool of bridging the Police-Public divide; the philosophy that gave birth to 'THE DAWN' newspaper. He reinstated a number of officers who had been forced into early retirement and also made police service more open, receptive and responsive to troubled spots in the country the results of which all Nigerians are living witnesses and promised to provide improved pay, housing and equipment to the police.
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