Former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mustapha Balogun, has been announced dead.
According to reports from Vanguard, Balogun, who became IGP in March 2002, died on Thursday night.
Tafa Balogun, born on August 8, 1947 at Ila-Orangun in Osun State, was the 21st Inspector-General of Police. He was a member of cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Course 3.
Tafa, was at a time, the Principal Staff Officer (PSO) to former Inspector-General of Police, Muhammadu Gambo, Deputy Commission of Police Edo State, the pioneer Commissioner of Police in Delta State. He was also CP in Rivers and Abia states.
Tafa was a fellow of the premier highest military institution in Nigeria, the National War College, and later became the Assistant Inspector General of Police A.I.G Zone One, Kano, from where he was named the 21st IGP of Police on March 6, 2002.
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