Overview

AIG Muazu (Rtd) is a seasoned and versatile Police Officer who served in the Nigeria Police Force in various capacities for 32 years. Having acquired a first degree in Botany from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1983 and doing the mandatory one year National service, he taught at the School of Agriculture, Bauchi State Polytechnic before he enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force on March 15, 1988 as cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police. His experience in the Nigeria Police spans through Administration, Operations, Training and Criminal Investigations. Between 1992 and 1995 he worked with a team of British Police Service Officers on the “Nigeria- British Police Training Project” that established the Nigeria Police Central Planning and Training Unit at the Police Staff College, Jos. At the peak of his career, he served as the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Nigeria Police Counter Terrorism Unit. He has also served as Commissioner of Police in Niger, Akwa Ibom and Lagos states. He was also in charge of the Nigeria Police Anti Bomb Squad (EOD) at the Department of Operations, Force Headquarters. Between 2006 and 2012 he was seconded to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission where he served as Assistant Director and Head, Curriculum Development and Planning and later Head of Operations at the EFCC Lagos zonal office (2008-2012). AIG Muazu was a member of the Nigeria Police contingent to the United Nations Mission in Bosnia Herzegovina (UNMIBH) in 1998 where he served as Head, Local Police Training (LPT) Mrconic Grad, in Bihac Region. He also served at the United Nations Interim Adminisration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) in 1999 as the Regional Coordinator (Training) in Mitrovica region. He was a member of the team that established the Kosovo Police Service Academy at Vucitrn, Mitrovica Region in collaboration with the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

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