Police DIG Frank Mba Set To Retire After 34 Years

The deputy inspector-general of Police, Frank Mba, alongside several other senior officers, is set to retire from the Nigeria Police Force following recent changes in the leadership of the force.

The development comes as seven Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) have been pencilled down for promotion to the rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG).

The planned retirement of Mba and other DIGs followed the exit of former Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and the subsequent confirmation of Tunji Disu as the new Inspector-General of Police.

Disu was sworn in on Wednesday as the 23rd indigenous Inspector-General of Police.

Sources at the Force Headquarters said the DIGs had been preparing to leave but were awaiting an official signal which had yet to be issued.

Another source disclosed that seven AIGs are expected to appear before the Police Service Commission on Friday for their promotion examinations, a move that would pave the way for the retirement of Mba and other senior officers.

“Seven Assistant Inspectors-General of Police have been slated for promotion to the rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Police, which will lead to their retirements.

“The officers are Margreth Ochalla, Kenechukwu Onwuemelie, Ishiaku Mohammed, Zachariah Fera, Zango Ibrahim, Umar Shehu Nadada, and Muhammed Abdul Sulaiman.

“They are expected to appear before the Police Service Commission in Abuja on Friday for promotion,” the source said.

When contacted, the spokesperson of the Police Service Commission, Torty Kalu, neither confirmed nor denied the development.

Mba, one of the DIGs set to retire, is a trained lawyer. He obtained a law degree from the University of Lagos and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2002 after attending 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, he attended several international programmes, including the FBI National Academy in Quantico, United States, as well as leadership courses at Harvard University and the University of Oxford.

Mba served as Commissioner of Police in Ogun State and later as Commissioner of Police in charge of the Border Patrol Force at the Force Headquarters.

He also held operational commands as Area Commander in Ajah and FESTAC in Lagos.