page_title: Azubuko Udah
section_title: Professional career
hierarchical_section_title: Azubuko Udah / Professional career
caption_attribution_description: English: AIG Udah addressing the press
context_page_description: Azubuko Joel Udah is a retired Deputy Inspector General of Police. He is notable for conceptualising the amnesty program which brought about the disarmament of Niger-Delta militants during the Umaru Musa Yar'Adua government.
  DIG Udah currently serves as the chairman of the Nigerian Police Force Microfinance Bank.
context_section_description: Mr Udah joined the Nigeria Police Force as a cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police in 1979, meritoriously rising through the ranks.
  As a Police Officer, he had served in different formations of the Force and rose to the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police in 2010 having headed several Police Commands. Udah has served in virtually all 36 States of the federation. He was a member of the Presidential Planning Committee on the amnesty program.
  Udah headed various offices as a career police officer. These include:
  Commissioner of Police Yobe, Borno, Benue, and Akwa Ibom States, as well as Commissioner of police, Interpol.
  Assistant Inspector General of Police Zone 5 Benin, Zone 12 Calabar, and Zone 2 Lagos
  Deputy Inspector General of Police, 'A' Department (Finance and Administration) Abuja
  During the 2011 general elections, Udah was temporarily redeployed to oversee election activities in the North Central Geopolitical zone comprising Benue, Kogi, Nasarawa, Kwara, Plateau, and the Federal Capital Territory.
  Mr. Udah is a prominent member of several professional bodies among which are Nigerian Bar Association, International Bar Association, International Association of Chiefs of Police and the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives.
  In 2015, Udah contested to represent Abia-North Senatorial district on the platform of the People's Democratic Party.
  DIG Udah is a chieftain and active member of the All Progressives Congress, playing prominent roles in delivering both the Senatorial and House of Representatives seats for his party in the 2019 Nigerian general election
  Udah is a prominent voice in Nigerian Police matters, offering insights across different issues such as the menace of herdsmen and SARS, as well as advocating for more police funding
  On 23 July 2015, Udah was appointed as Chairman of the Nigerian Police Force Microfinance Bank
caption: Udah addressing newsmen (Lagos, 2010)
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