Inspectors-General of the Nigeria Police

First Commissioner of the unified Nigeria Police Force, 1 April 1930.

First Nigerian Inspector-General of Police. Force headquarters in Abuja is named Louis Edet House in his honour.

IGP through the entire Nigerian Civil War (1967–70) and the early oil-boom years.

Appointed by Murtala after the 1975 coup; later founded the MORDI political movement and ran for President in 1999.

IGP at the 1979 handover to civilian rule. Removed by President Shagari in 1981.

IGP under Shagari; commanded the 'Operation Sweep' anti-crime drive. Removed at the December 1983 coup.

Cross-River-born officer; IGP for the final months of the Buhari regime and the first year of Babangida.

IGP through most of the IBB years. Oversaw policing of the 1989 Anti-SAP riots.

IGP during the annulment of the 12 June 1993 election and the protests that followed.

Longest-serving Nigerian IGP. Spanned the Abacha and Abdulsalami Abubakar regimes and the 1999 transition.

First IGP of the Fourth Republic. Began the reform of the Force after fifteen years of military rule.

Convicted of money laundering and theft (FHC Abuja, 2005); plea bargain; ₦15bn forfeiture.

Succeeded Tafa Balogun mid-scandal; led the Force through the 2007 general elections.

Imo-born; first IGP of the Yar'Adua administration. Later Chairman of the Police Service Commission.

IGP during Yar'Adua's terminal illness, the doctrine-of-necessity transition, and the early Jonathan months.

Conducted security around the 2011 elections; removed January 2012 over the Boko Haram HQ bombing.

Took over at the height of the Boko Haram insurgency. Began the Force's 'reform agenda'.

Removed 22 April 2015 by President-Elect Buhari ahead of the May 29 handover.

IGP under Buhari I; oversaw the Force's input into the 2016 National Anti-Corruption Strategy.

IGP through the height of the #EndSARS reform debate. Succeeded by Mohammed Adamu in January 2019.

IGP at the time of the October 2020 #EndSARS protests; SARS dissolved 11 October 2020.

IGP through the 2023 general elections; retired immediately after Tinubu's inauguration.

Tenure extended via the amended Police Act 2024; resigned in February 2026.

23rd indigenous IGP. Former IRT chief and CP, FCT. Appointed 24 February 2026.