OSAYANDE, DIG, Parry (rtd.)

police in charge, Ogoni division, 1970- 71; divisional police officer in charge, Diobu division. Rivers, 1971- 72; officer in charge. Rivers State criminal investigation department, 1972-73; chief supt, administration, state headquarters. Port Harcourt, 1974-75; asst comm. in charge, personnel, force headquarters, Lagos, 1975-78; officer in charge, Bendel State criminal investigation department, 1978-80; officer in charge, railway police command, Lagos. 1981; comm. of Police in charge police budget, 1981-85; comm. of Police in charge, Benue State police command, Makurdi, 1985-86; comm. of Police in charge, Bendel State specifically for Anini sagaoperation, 1986; comm.of Police in charge of Cross River State (now Cross River and Akwa Ibom States), 1986-88; deputy inspector-general, Police in charge of force operations, force headquarters, Lagos, 1990-92; deputy inspector general. Police in charge force intelligence and investigation bureau, Lagos, 1992; retired as deputy inspector general of police, 1992; He was involved in the following: Operation Agbekoya, 1963; Operation ('wet ie') in the defunct Western Region, 1965-66; Owo riot, 1969; directed the operations which suppressed the Bauchi religious inspired riots, 1990 and the Kano religious riot in 1991; Led, Federal Government delegation to Namibia under the auspices of the United Nations Transition Group, 1992; mm: National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies; Distinguished Citizen of Edo State; f: of the Royal Institute of Public Administration England; Officer of the City of Atmore, USA; nh: Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic, Nigeria Police Medal; Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic, 2004; hob: golf, lawn tennis, billiards; res: My Little Piece of Benin, Parry Osayande Place, G.R.A, Benin City, Edo State tel: 052-252759; 08037168476.