Etim Inyang

{{short description|Inspector General of Police in Nigeria}}

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| name = Etim Inyang

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| office1 = 6th Inspector General of Police

| term_start1 = 1983

| term_end1 = 1986

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| predecessor3 = Sunday Adewusi

| successor3 = Muhammadu Gambo Jimeta

| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|12|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Nigeria

| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|9|26|1930|12|25|df=y}}

| death_place = Lagos, Nigeria

| party = Non-partisan

| children = 6

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Etim Okon Inyang {{Audio|Ig-Etim Okon Inyang.ogg|listen|help=no}} (25 December 1930 – 26 September 2016) was a Nigerian Policeman and former Inspector General of Police. He was appointed in 1983 to succeed Sunday Adewusi and was succeeded by Muhammadu Gambo Jimeta in 1986.{{cite web|url=http://dailyindependentnig.com/2015/04/abba-police-go-police-come/|title=Abba Police go Police come|work=dailyindependentnig.com|accessdate=6 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427012936/http://dailyindependentnig.com/2015/04/abba-police-go-police-come/|archive-date=27 April 2015|url-status=usurped}}{{cite web|url=http://www.the-nigeria.com/2014/05/list-of-inspector-general-of-police-in.html?m=1|title=List of Inspector General of Police in Nigeria|work=the-nigeria.com|accessdate=6 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730234635/http://www.the-nigeria.com/2014/05/list-of-inspector-general-of-police-in.html?m=1|archive-date=30 July 2018|url-status=dead}} He died at the age of 84 in Lagos, Nigeria.

Inyang was born in Enwang Mbo, Akwa Ibom, the son of Okon Inyang the traditional ruler at Enwang. He had his education at the Roman Catholic School, Uko-Akpan (1936 - 1937), Methodist School, Oron (1939 - 1940) and Oyubia Secondary School, Oron (1941 - 1945). Before he joined the police force, Inyang was a teacher between the years 1946 and 1949.

Inyang joined the Nigeria Police Force as a Constable in October 1949, he became a Lance Corporal in 1957 and was made Corporal in 1958. He became an Inspector in 1958, Assistant Superintendent of Police, (1960 - 1963), Deputy Superintendent of Police (1963 - 1965) and Superintendent of Police in 1965. He was Chief Superintendent of Police (1967 - 1971), Assistant Commissioner of Police (1971 - 1974), Commissioner of Police (1975 - 1980). Between 1961 and 1971, he was an officer at the INTERPOL office of the Central Criminal Investigation Department. In 1974, he managed the establishment of a Traffic Warden Service in the police force. Inyang was Assistant Inspector General of Police (1980 - 1984) and Inspector General in 1984.