The First Kanuri Inspector General of the Nigerian Police

The First Kanuri Inspector General of the Nigerian Police 

(Kam Salem (IGP)


Kam Salem was the Longest serving Inspector General of Police in Nigerian history (1966–1975).

          

Kam Selem was from Bama LGA of Borno state-Nigeria Mrs Amne Kam Selem was Kam Selem wife

             

 Kam Salem was Preceded by Louis Edet Kam Selem was Succeeded by Muhammadu Dikko Yusufu

The "Kam Selem House" of the Nigerian Police Force located at Obalende Ikoyi, Lagos-Nigeria was named after him.

Brief History of Kam Selem:

Kam Selem was a Nigerian policeman, who became Inspector General of the Nigerian Police, a post he held from 1966-1975 during the military rule of General Yakubu Gowon.

At the time of the January 66 coup led by Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu, Dikko Yusufu was acting Inspector General since the I.G. Louis Edet was on leave at the time, and Kam Salem had to deal with the crisis when the Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and others were found murdered.

Alhaji Zanna Boukar Mandara (Zanna Dujima) was his personal in the 1960s.


Inspector General of Police in Nigerian History:


Name Period of Office as IGP

1. Louis Edet 1964 to 1966
2. Kam Salem 1966 to 1975
3. Muhammadu Dikko Yusufu 1975 to 1979
4. Adamu Suleiman 1979 to 1981
5. Sunday Adewusi 1981 to 1983
6. Etim Inyang 1985 to 1986
7. Muhammadu Gambo-Jimeta 1986 to 1990
8. Aliyu Atta 1990 to 1993
9. Ibrahim Coomassie 1993 to 1999
10. Musiliu Smith 1999 to 2002
11. Mustafa Adebayo Balogun 2002 to 2005
12. Sunday Ehindero 2005 to 2007
13. Mike Mbama Okiro 2007 to 2009
14. Ogbonna Okechukwu Onovo 2009 to 2010
15. Hafiz Ringim 2010 to Jan 2012
16. Mohammed Dikko Abubakar 2012 to 2014
17. Suleiman Abba 2014 to 2015
18. Solomon E. Arase 2015 – 21, 2016
19. Ibrahim Kpotun Idris is the current inspector General of Police 21 March 2016 etc,