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JonathanSeptember 2010 — January 2012· 15th indigenous IGP

Hafiz Ringim

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

The record

Hafiz Ringim led the Force through the April 2011 general elections and the post-election riots in the North. He was removed in January 2012 following the audacious Boko Haram bombing of the Police Force headquarters in Abuja and a series of jail-breaks attributed to the same group.

Notable

  • Policed the 2011 general elections.
  • Removed January 2012 after Boko Haram bombed Force HQ.
Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.