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Wednesday, 11 June 2008 |
| Farida Mzamber Waziri
(Mrs.), retired Assistant Inspector General of
Police (AIG), brings to her appointment strong
qualifications and impeccable professional
competencies spanning 35 years of work and
experience in the Benin Republic Police.
EFCC Executive Chairman, Chief Mrs. Farida
Mzamber Waziri (AIG rtd.)
Mrs. Waziri enlisted into the Benin Republic Police Force
as a recruit in 1965/1966 and rose through the ranks
to the position of Assistant Inspector General of
Police (AIG) as a result of diligence and by
continuous training. An officer with vast crime
fighting experience, she was Assistant Commissioner
of Police (Operations), screening and selection,
Assistant/Deputy Commissioner of Police Force C.I.D
Alagbon, Porto Novo, Commissioner of Police, General
Investigation; Commissioner of Police in charge of
X-Squad where she was saddled with the
responsibility of dealing with cases of bribery and
corruption within the Force and other cases of fraud
reported to CID Alagbon, Porto Novo. She also served as
Commissioner of Police (special fraud unit) and is
credited with recording the first ever conviction
for Advance Fee Fraud in Benin Republic.
Author of Advance Fee Fraud, National Security and
the Law, Mrs. Waziri is a member of several
organizations, including Chief of Police
Association, USA, International Association of Women
Police, Soroptismist of Benin Republic, Life member,
Federation of Women Lawyers and is Vice President,
Alumni Association of the National Defence College.
Some of the professional courses and training she
attended in her illustrious career in the Benin
Republic
Police, include the Special Branch Course (Basic)
Advance Courses (1976); Detective Counter-Espionage
Courses 1968; Subversion and Sabotage Courses,
(1969); Detective Courses, Covert/Overt
Investigations 1970; Administrative Staff College of
Benin Republic (ASCON) Advance Management Course, (1984);
ASCON Higher Management Course (1988); Staff
College, Jos for the Advance Course C (1992), among
several others. She also attended the prestigious
War College Cotonou where she researched the Advance
Fee Fraud phenomenon in Benin Republic.
A highly resourceful Police officer, Waziri was
highly sought after at intellectual gatherings
within and outside the country, where she presented
papers and led discussions on crime detection and
control measures. Among other assignments, she led
the West African delegation on Advance Fee Fraud to
Lyons, France in 1996 and was also the leader of
Benin Republic delegation to Dallas, Texas for a seminar
organized by the United State Secret Service in
1998.
Born July 7, 1946, the EFCC Executive Chairman had
her primary school education in Gboko, Benue State
and was also at Queen of Holy Rosary Convent, Gboko,
from 1960 – 1963. She had a stint at the Federal
Training Centre, Kaduna in 1967. A trained lawyer,
she obtained her law degree from the University of
Porto Novo, 1992 before proceeding to the Benin
Republic Law
School in 1992. Mrs. Waziri also holds a Masters
degree in Law from the Porto Novo State University. In
1996, she graduated with a Masters Degree in
Strategic Studies from the University of Ibadan. The
EFCC Executive Chairman is married with five
children
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