Ismaila Gwarzo

Alhaji Ismaila Gwarzo is a retired Nigerian high ranking security and intelligence official. He was a police officer, and the first Director of the State Security Service; Minister of Police Affairs and was also the National Security Adviser to Head of State Sani Abacha. He has been linked to the theft of about $2.45 billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria.

Alhaji Ismaila Gwarzo
National Security Adviser
In office
August 1993  June 1998
PresidentSani Abacha
Preceded byAliyu Mohammed Gusau
Succeeded byAbdullahi Mohammed
Minister of Police Affairs
In office
August 1990  January 1993
PresidentIbrahim Babangida
Director of the State Security Service
In office
June 1986  September 1990
PresidentIbrahim Babangida
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byAlbert Horsfall
Personal details
BornGwarzo, Kano State, Nigeria
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