The planned retirement is coming as seven Assistant Inspectors-General of Police are being considered for elevation to the rank of Deputy Inspector-General
Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Frank Mba, and several other senior officers of the Nigeria Police Force are set to retire following recent leadership changes within the force.
The planned retirement is coming as seven Assistant Inspectors-General of Police are being considered for elevation to the rank of Deputy Inspector-General.
The development follows the exit of former Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and the confirmation of Tunji Disu as the new head of the Nigeria Police Force.
Disu was sworn in on Wednesday as the 23rd indigenous Inspector-General of Police.
Sources at the Force Headquarters disclosed that the affected DIGs had begun preparing for their exit but were awaiting official directives.
According to one of the sources, some of the officers had already started clearing their offices in anticipation of their retirement.
“The DIGs are prepared to step aside, but they are waiting for the official signal. Some of them have already moved their personal belongings from their offices in readiness for the transition,” the source said.
Another source revealed that seven Assistant Inspectors-General of Police are expected to appear before the Police Service Commission on Friday for promotion examinations.
The process, according to the source, is expected to pave the way for the retirement of the outgoing DIGs.
“Seven AIGs have been shortlisted for elevation to the rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Police, which will ultimately lead to the retirement of the current DIGs,” the source said.
The officers listed for promotion include Margreth Ochalla, Kenechukwu Onwuemelie, Ishiaku Mohammed, Zachariah Fera, Zango Ibrahim, Umar Shehu Nadada and Muhammed Abdul Sulaiman.
They are expected to appear before the commission in Abuja for the promotion exercise.
When contacted, the spokesman of the commission, Torty Kalu, neither confirmed nor denied the development.
Mba, one of the officers expected to retire, is a trained legal practitioner.
He obtained his law degree from the University of Lagos and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2002 after completing his studies at the Nigerian Law School in Abuja.
He later earned a Master’s degree in Law with distinction from the University of Dundee in Scotland.
During his career in the police force, Mba also attended several international training programmes, including the FBI National Academy in the United States, as well as leadership courses at Harvard University and the University of Oxford.
He previously served as Commissioner of Police in Ogun State and Commissioner of Police in charge of the Border Patrol Force at the Force Headquarters.
Earlier in his career, he also served as Area Commander in the Ajah and FESTAC areas of Lagos.
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