DIG Frank Mba, other senior officers set to retire as Police leadership changes continue

A Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Frank Mba, alongside several other senior officers, is set to retire from the Nigeria Police Force following recent leadership changes within the force.

The development comes after the exit of former Inspector-General of Police Kayode Egbetokun and the confirmation of Olatunji Disu as the new IGP.

Disu was sworn in on Wednesday as the 23rd indigenous Inspector-General of Police, triggering a wave of expected retirements and promotions within the police hierarchy.

Sources at the Force Headquarters disclosed that the affected Deputy Inspectors-General had already begun preparations to vacate their offices, awaiting an official signal to conclude the process.

“The DIGs are very ready to leave, but they are waiting for signals. Many of them had moved their belongings from their offices in anticipation of their retirement. Maybe when the AIG slated for promotion comes, they will leave,” one of the sources said.

The impending retirements are linked to the planned promotion of seven Assistant Inspectors-General of Police to the rank of Deputy Inspector-General.

The officers slated for promotion include Margreth Ochalla, Kenechukwu Onwuemelie, Ishiaku Mohammed, Zachariah Fera, Zango Ibrahim, Umar Shehu Nadada, and Muhammed Abdul Sulaiman.

According to sources, the officers are expected to appear before the Police Service Commission in Abuja for promotion examinations.

When contacted, the spokesman for the commission, Torty Kalu, neither confirmed nor denied the development.

Mba, one of the DIGs expected to retire, is a trained lawyer who obtained his law degree from the University of Lagos before being called to the Nigerian Bar in 2002 after attending the Nigerian Law School, Abuja.

He later earned a Master’s degree in Law with distinction from the University of Dundee.

Throughout his career, Mba attended several international professional programmes, including the FBI National Academy in Quantico, 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, and also held operational commands as Area Commander in Ajah and FESTAC in Lagos.