Ahmadu Giade
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Ahmadu Giade | |
|---|---|
| Executive Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency | |
| In office 24 November 2005 – 22 November 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Bello Lafiaji |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah |
| Special Assistant to the President on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances | |
| In office December 2015 – April 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Giade, Bauchi State |
| Occupation | Civil servant |
Ahmadu Giade, a retired deputy commissioner of police, was appointed chairman of the Nigerian National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in November 2005. He replaced Bello Lafiaji, who was dismissed by President Obasanjo due to allegations of corruption.[1] Giade has also served as Special Assistant on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances to the president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari.[2]
Giade was born in Giade, Bauchi State.
Career
Giade began his security career in 1963 when he enlisted into the Nigeria Police College Kaduna. He had series of local and international training programmes such as Anti Fraud Course, Lagos 1968, and Prosecution Course Kaduna 1969. In 1989 and 1993, he distinguished himself at both the Intermediate and Senior Command training programmes at the Police Staff College, Jos. In 1997, he participated in the International Police Organisation (INTERPOL) Conference Lyon, France on Advanced Fee Fraud as well as the Fifteenth International Symposium on Economic Crime, Jesus College Cambridge. The following year, he was also in Lyon France for International Police Organisation (INTERPOL) Conference on Forgery of National Currencies. He was appointed Aide-De-Camp (ADC) to Senator Joseph Wayas, Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1982. Giade's rising profile also saw him holding among other positions the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Tin Can Island Port and Isokoko Police Station Lagos. He served as an Assistant Commissioner of Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Rivers State Command in 1989. In 1993, he held a similar position at the Katsina State Police Command before his transfer to the Special Fraud Unit, Force Criminal Investigation Department Lagos. Giade was a member, Federal Government Task Force on the Reorganization of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in 1994. In 1999, he retired from the Nigeria Police Force as a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP). In November, 2005 he was appointed the Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA and completed his second tenure in November 2015.[3] He was appointed Special Assistant to the President on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances from December, 2015 until April 2019 where he completed his tenure and retired from public service.