The Nigeria Police Force on Friday mourned the former Inspector General of Police, Tafa Balogun, who died after a brief illness.
In a statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, sympathised with the family of the late ex-IGP and prayed for the repose of his soul.
“The Nigeria Police Force regrets to announce the demise of the 11th Indigenous Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mustafa Adebayo Balogun, which occurred on 4th August 2022, at the Redington Hospital, Lekki, Lagos State, after a brief illness.
“IGP Mustapha Adebayo Balogun, NPM, fwc, who hails from Ila-Orangun in Osun State, was Inspector-General of the Nigeria Police Force between March 2002 to January 2005 and achieved major operational milestones including facilitating the establishment of the Police Mobile Force Training College, Ila-Orangun, Osun State. A graduate of the University of Lagos and the University of Ibadan where he studied Political Science and Law respectively, the former IGP served in various administrative, operational, and investigative positions all around the country.
“Late IGP Tafa, as he was fondly called, was a fellow of the National War College, as it was then called but now National Defence College, Abuja. He equally held many Masters’s Degrees, cutting across many academic and professional fields.
“The late IGP will be laid to rest in his country home at Ila-Orangun, Osun State on Saturday 6th August 2022, according to Islamic rites. The Inspector-General of Police hereby condoles with the immediate family, relatives, fellow coursemates, and friends of the late IGP and prays for the repose of his soul.”
