Nigeria

Mr Sunday Gabriel Ehindero

Former Inspector General of the Police Force

Place of Birth: Oka-Akoko

Career: Inspector General, Nigerian Police Force, 2005-07.

Commentary: A few days before Sunday Ehindero left his job as Inspector General of Police in April 2007, 300 million naira was removed from the police budget office. The subsequent investigation led to President Umaru Yar'Adua ordering Ehindero’s arrest.

Ehindero's term as Inspector General was rife with corruption and unsolved political assasinations in Lagos and Ekiti. Yet the former mathematician, turned lawyer, turned policeman was very vocal in denouncing corrupt practices within the force and the country, and fought to reduce gender bias against female recruits.

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