A new Assistant Inspector-General of Police has assumed duty today at the Zone 5 headquarters office in Benin City the Edo State capital.
AIG Salman- Dogo Garba was deployed to the zone which comprises Delta and Edo State Police Commands after succeeding AIG. Arungwa Nwazue, mni, who has since retired from the Force.
According to a statement from the Zone’s Public Relations Officer, Tijani Momoh, AIG Salman-Dogo Garba, a native of Pakata, Kwara State, was born on 21st July, 1966 at Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State and got his basic education at Al-Mubarak Primary School, Ilorin, he thereafter proceeded to Kabba Teachers College, Kogi State, where he got his grade two certificate. The AIG went on to attend the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna State where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology.
His illustrious career in the Force commenced on 18th May, 1992, when he enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police and trained at the famous Nigeria Police Academy Annex in Kaduna State.
The statement adds that in the course of his career, the AIG has been privileged to serve in several departments of the Force, which includes, department of Operations, Criminal Investigation department, Force Intelligence Department, Department of Finance and Administration.
AIG Salman-Dogo Garba, psc was also once the Commissioner of Police, General Investigation, Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, the Commissioner of Police, Armament, department of Operations, Force Headquarters, Abuja, he was later redeployed as the 46th Commissioner of Police, Kano State Police Command.
He was promoted to the prestigious rank of an Assistant Inspector-General of Police on 12th February, 2025 and thereafter redeployed as the AIG Zone 5 Headquarters, Benin City covering Delta and Edo State Police Commands.
The AIG Zone 5 Benin upon assumption of duty solicited the cooperation of the good people of the Zone, to assist the Police with useful and timely information that will help the Police in checkmating crime and criminality within the entire Zone.
