Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi has felicitated the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Force Intelligence Department (FID), DIG Habu Sani, psc, on his 60th birthday and retirement from the Force.
In a statement on his X handle, Adejobi said, “Happy birthday and retirement, sir, DIG Habu Sani, psc. We will surely miss your vast knowledge, experience, and faithfulness as a seasoned police officer who stands for justice and truth always.
“May Allah bless your new era in retirement. Best wishes, boss.
Habu was born into the family of Alhaji Ahmadu Sani of KARHI Royal House, Hakimin Gidan Bang-Gundumar Dinbiso, Wurno LGA of Sokoto State, on April 7, 1964.
After the mandatory primary and secondary school education from 1971 to 1982, he attended the prestigious Usmanu Danfodiyo University in Sokoto, where he obtained his B.Sc. (Education) in Geography from 1985–1990 and proceeded on his one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) at GSSS, Ganye, Adamawa State (formerly Gongola) from 1990–1991.
He joined the Nigeria Police Force as a cadet assistant superintendent of police and did his training at the Police Academy Annex in Kaduna from May 18 to 22, 1992.
Some offices occupied by the new AIG are as follows:
Divisional Crime Officer (DCO), Divisional Police Officer (DPO), and Officer In-charge of Intelligence Bureau in various states of the federation which includes: Jigawa, Kebbi Cross-river, and Niger State as well as Ports Authority Police Command Officer-In-Charge ZIB Zone 6 Calabar and Facilitator/Course Officer at the Police Intelligence School, Enugu.
He served in the United Nations Peace-Keeping Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) as a training coordinator in Bentiu Team Site, South Sudan, 2006-2007
As an Assistant Commissioner of Police, he was posted to the Niger State Command as the ACP of the Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department (CIID). He later transferred to Force Headquarters Abuja, got promoted, and headed the Technical Intelligence Unit (TIU) as Deputy Commissioner of Police. in-charge of the Unit (TIU)
Furthermore, in acknowledging his hard work and successes recorded in the fight against crimes and criminality across the country, he was posted to head the IGP-Monitoring Unit at Force Headquarters Abuja and promoted to the rank of Commissioner of Police.
The office is directly responsible for supervising and coordinating sensitive intelligence and special tactical operational outfits, as well as referred investigations of the Nigeria Police Force through the ISP’s office.
Before his posting to Kano, he was once the Commissioner of Police, Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB), FHQ Abuja, and at the same time the Deputy Coordinator of the Intelligence Arm of Operation Puff Adder, launched by the former Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, to checkmate crimes across the country.
He was appointed Kano State Commissioner of Police in November 2019 and became AIG in charge of the Force Intelligence Bureau in 2021.
He was appointed Force Secretary on February 8th 2023 and IGP Egbetokun appointed him as the Head of the Force Intelligence Department (FID) on September 7th, 2023.
