Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (right) and Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammad Dingyadi (left) decorate Usman Alkali Baba (middle) as the acting Inspector-General of Police in Abuja
Born in 1963, Baba, an alumnus of Bayero University, Kano, and the University of Maiduguri, joined the Nigeria Police Force in 1988.
He holds a Teacher’s Grade II Certificate (TC II) from Teachers College, Potiskum, Yobe State in 1980.
He obtained a degree in Political Science from Bayero University, Kano in 1985.
The Acting IGP also has a Masters in Public Administration obtained from the University of Maiduguri, Borno State in 1997.