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| Ex IG Adewusi |
Former Inspector General of Police (IGP), Chief Sunday
Adewusi, is dead. He would have been 80 years old this year.
Former governor of Oyo State, Otunba Adebayo
Alao-Akala confirmed his death yesterday night.
The late Adewusi, who was the Asiwaju of
Ogbomoso, was born in the Nassarawa Eggon local government area of Nassarawa
State.
At Keffi, still in Nasarawa State, he joined
the Nigeria Police Force and had his basic police training at the Police
College from 1957 to 1958 as a cadet sub-inspector.
He continued his upward climb to the top
echelon of the Police Force through various opportunities for training and
appointments.
Adewusi was appointed IGP in the Second
Republic, in 1981, by former President Shehu Shagari to succeed Adamu Suleiman.
He was, also, succeeded by Etim Inyang.
It was gathered that Adewusi died at about
8:00pm on Tuesday at the National Hospital in Abuja where he had been on
admission.
It was at Mada Station that he began his
educational career. He attended both the Church Missionary Society and Roman
Catholic Mission Schools from 1944 to 1948 and proceeded to Baptist Day School,
Jos between 1949 and 1950 to complete his Standard Six education.
He later continued his educational
pursuit, this time around; his secondary education was at Keffi from 1951 to
1956. There, he joined the Nigeria Police Force and had his basic police
training at the Police College from 1957 to 1958 as a cadet sub-inspector.
He continued his upward climb to the top
echelon of the Police Force through various opportunities for training and
appointments.
Another opportunity presented itself for him
again, when in 1964, he had to go to the police Staff College in Scotland for
another advanced training to qualify him for top management positions in the
Force. He was also opportuned to study the operation of Force at an advanced
level at East Ridding Constabulary, Lancashire, Yorskshire
He was equally positioned to study practical
policing and the structural administrative, political and policing system in
various overseas countries. He also attended seminars and undertook study
visits to countries in Europe, Asia and America. His disciplined approach to
matters and careful attention to details earned him frequent, rapid and
well-deserved promotions as a career police officer. He was a sub-Inspector of
Police in 1957.
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