Ismaila Gwarzo
| Alhaji Ismaila Gwarzo | |
|---|---|
| National Security Adviser | |
| In office August 1993 – June 1998 | |
| President | Sani Abacha | 
| Preceded by | Aliyu Mohammed Gusau | 
| Succeeded by | Abdullahi Mohammed | 
| Minister of Police Affairs | |
| In office August 1990 – January 1993 | |
| President | Ibrahim Babangida | 
| Director of the State Security Service | |
| In office June 1986 – September 1990 | |
| President | Ibrahim Babangida | 
| Preceded by | Position established | 
| Succeeded by | Albert Horsfall | 
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gwarzo, Kano State, Nigeria | 
Alhaji Ismaila Gwarzo is a retired Nigerian high ranking security and intelligence official. He was a police officer, and the first Director of the State Security Service; Minister of Police Affairs and was also the National Security Adviser to Head of State Sani Abacha. He has been linked to the theft of about $2.45 billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria.