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Babangida1986 — 1990· 7th indigenous IGP

Muhammadu Gambo Jimeta

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

The record

Alhaji Muhammadu Gambo Jimeta served as IGP through most of the Babangida years, including the May–June 1989 Anti-SAP riots that swept Lagos, Benin, Port Harcourt and other cities in protest against the Structural Adjustment Programme.

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.