Ten things to know about General Abdulmalik Jibrin, new Secretary, CDIPSB

By Ibraheem Hamza Muhammad, Abuja

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Major-General Abdulmalik Jibril (rtd) as new Secretary of Civil Defense, Immigration and Prisons Service Board, (CDIPSB).

1. Major General Abdulmalik Jibril, retired voluntarily after attaining 35 years in service in 2010.
2. He is an indigine of Kano, born in 1954 in Kano and grew up in Kaduna.
3. He attended Sultan Bello Primary School, Ansarul Islam Grammar School in Ijomo-Oro, Kwara State, and Sheikh Sabah, -later renamed- Sardauna Memorial College, Kaduna.
4. He was enlisted in Nigerian Defence Academy in 1974 as a regular cadet on Course 17, commissioned into the Infantry Corps in 1977 as a second lieutenant.
5. He secured admission to read Law at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and after graduated, he applied to change corps from infantry to military police.
6. He was Aide De Camp, (ADC) to Late Head of State, General Sani Abacha.
7. He has three masters degrees: 1 in Criminology in the University of Kil in the United Kingdom. 2. Masters in Law from the same University and 3. MBA from Bristol University campus in Pakistan.
8. He was Military Attache in Nigeria High Commission in Pakistan.
9. He was Chairman Presidential Think Tank Committee on Defence and Security, PTTDS. And Director of Security and Intelligence at the All Progressive Congress, Presidential Campaign Council, APC-PCC in 2023.
10. He is the incumbent Chairman of Nigerian Legion.