Faruk USMAN,

Detective Colkge, Yorkshire, England between 1961 and 1962. His honest devotion to handwork paid off instantly as his working experience in the Police will serve as a testimony. He rose rapidly from being the Regional Military officer for Northern Nigeria in 1963 to being the Provincial Police Officer in charge of the Zariaprovince between 1963 and 1964. Usman Faruk ako served in that capacity in Kabbaprovince in 1964. In the sameyear Usman Faruk, now a Detective Deputy Superintendent of Police was named the Commanding Officer in charge of X squad of the Central C.I.D. in Lagos, the outfit in charge of Anti-bribery offences which he helped'tofound'in June 1964. He served in this position till 1966. In 1967, he was made the Provincial Police Officer in charge of the Kaduna Capital Territory. It was from there that he was named the Military Governor of the North Western State of Nigerian as an Assistant Commissioner of Police. He served that administration until its ouster in 1975 when together with the otherMilitary Governors, he was retiredfrom service. Detective Police Officer Faruk will be remembered as the first Nigerian Police Detective to be responsibkforthe use of a tape recorder in the Nigerian Judiciary in 1960. As a civilian with vast experience to draw from, Alhaji Usman Faruk played his part in promoting devekpmental work in the country. He was the Chairman, Kaduna State Physical Security Committee, Chairman National Association of State Movements in Nigeria and Consultant for the Movement for the creation of Gombe State. During the Abacha administration, Alhaji Usman Faruk, was a member of the Federal Transition Implementation Committee. A grateful nation conferred on him the Honour of the Commander Of the Order of the Niger in October, 2003.