Ibrahim Coomassie was a Nigerian police officer and the 9th Inspector General of Nigerian Police serving between 1993 and 1999, under the military governments of Generals Sani Abacha and Abdulsalami Abubakar.
17 Facts About Ibrahim Coomassie
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Ibrahim Coomassie died on Thursday 19 July 2018 after a protracted illness.
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Ibrahim Coomassie was among the eldest sons of Malam Ahmadu Coomassie, an educationist and businessman who became a permanent secretary of the ministry of education in the Northern region.
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Ibrahim Coomassie was born in Katsina State on 18 March 1942.
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Ibrahim Coomassie was educated at the Provincial Secondary School, Zaria, Barewa College, Zaria, the Detective Training College, Wakefield, UK and Washington DC in the United States.
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In 1993, Ibrahim Coomassie was appointed Inspector General of the Nigerian police, succeeding Aliyu Attah.
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Ibrahim Coomassie was mistreated in prison, where he was held for four years before dying in June 1998.
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In July 1997, Ibrahim Coomassie said he wanted to question the American Ambassador and members of the US Embassy staff about a series of bombings of military targets.
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In March 1998, Ibrahim Coomassie said that the press was misinterpreting a speech that head of state General Sani Abacha had made in November 1997.
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Ibrahim Coomassie said General Abacha had promised to grant amnesty to some prisoners, but not to release political detainees.
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At a police graduation ceremony in July 1998, Ibrahim Coomassie warned the new officers against corrupt practices, and said he had ordered the removal of all police roadblocks.
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In 1998, Ibrahim Coomassie observed that any time a citizen became a public figure, his first act was to ask for an orderly and policemen to guard his house, as a status symbol.
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In January 1999, Ibrahim Coomassie was part of a delegation that flew to Libya, despite a UN ban on air travel to that country, and held talks with the Libyan Foreign Affairs Minister.
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Ibrahim Coomassie retired from service and left with the Government of General Abdulsalami Abubakar in May 1999.
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Ibrahim Coomassie was reportedly scheduled to appear before the police's Special Investigation Panel.
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However, later that month, Information Minister Dapo Sarumi denied reports that Ibrahim Coomassie was under arrest.
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Ibrahim Coomassie became a member of the board of trustees of the Arewa Consultative Forum for Katsina State.