Etim Inyang, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Etim Inyang

inspector General of Police in Nigeria

Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1931

Date of Death: 26-Sep-2016

Nationality: Nigeria

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Etim Inyang

  • Etim Okon lnyang (25 December 1931 – 26 September 2016) was a Nigerian Policeman and former Inspector General of Police.
  • He was appointed in 1983 to succeed Sunday Adewusi and was succeeded by Muhammadu Gambo Jimeta in 1986.
  • He died at the age of 85 in Lagos, Nigeria. Inyang was born in Enwang-Oron, Akwa Ibom, the son of Okon Inyang the traditional ruler at Enwang.
  • He had his education at the Roman Catholic School, Uko-Akpan (1936 - 1937), Methodist School, Oron (1939 - 1940) and Oyubia Secondary School, Oron (1941 - 1945).
  • Before he joined the police force, Inyang was a teacher between the years 1946 and 1949. Inyang joined the Nigeria Police Force as a Constable in October 1949, he became a Lance Corporal in 1957 and was made Corporal in 1958.
  • He became an Inspector in 1958, Assistant Superintendent of Police, (1960-1963), Deputy Superintendent of Police (1963-1965) and Superintendent of Police in 1965.
  • He was Chief Superintendent of Police (1967 - 1971), Assistant Commissioner of Police (1971 - 1974), Commissioner of Police (1975-1980).
  • Between 1961 and 1971, he was an officer at the INTERPOL office of the Central Criminal Investigation Department.
  • In 1974, he managed the establishment of a Traffic Warden Service in the police force.
  • Inyang was Assistant Inspector General of Police (1980 - 1984) and Inspector General in 1984.

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