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JonathanAugust 2014 — April 2015· 17th indigenous IGP

Suleiman Abba

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

The record

Suleiman Abba was IGP through the run-up to and the conduct of the 28 March 2015 general election — the first time in Nigerian history an incumbent president lost re-election. He was removed on 22 April 2015 by the outgoing Jonathan administration, weeks ahead of the 29 May handover to Muhammadu Buhari.

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.