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.
Daily Sun 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. (Daily Sun)