Native Name: | አሰፋ አቢዮ |
Office1: | Commissioner General of the Ethiopian Federal Police |
Term Start1: | 2012 |
Term End1: | 19 April 2018 |
Predecessor1: | Workneh Gebeyehu |
Successor1: | Yared Zerihun |
President1: | Mulatu Teshome |
Primeminister1: | Hailemariam Desalegn Abiy Ahmed |
Assefa Abiyo (Amharic: አሰፋ አቢዮ) is an Ethiopian politician who was the commissioner general of the Ethiopian Federal Police (EFP) from 2012 to 2018.[1] [2]
In May 2017, Assefa stated that Ethiopia and Sudan signed agreement to strengthen their law enforcement peace and security.[3] In March 2018, Assefa announced the EFP has tackled illegal arms trafficking during state of emergency following nationwide protests.