Mba Bows Out After 34 Years, As PSC Screens Seven AIGs For Elevation

THE Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police in charge of Training and Development at Force Headquarters, Frank Mba, has voluntarily retired from the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) after 34 years of service.
Mba and some other senior officers bowed out following the removal of former Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, and appointment of then Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police, Tunji Disu, as the new IGP.
This came as the Police Service Commission (PSC) invited seven AIGs for promotion interviews to the rank of DIGs, ahead of their possible elevation to the Force Management Team to work with Disu.
Those invited include Magaret Ochalla; Kenechukwu Onwuemelie; Ishiaku Mohammed; Zacharia Fera Achinyan; Zango Ibrahim Baba; Mohammed Abdul Sulaiman; and Umar Shehu Nadada.
They were expected to have appeared for the interview at the Commission’s office on Friday, March 6.
In a farewell message, Mba expressed gratitude to President Bola Tinubu for the opportunity to serve the country during his administration, saying: “The confidence reposed in the Nigeria Police leadership and the support given to the institution during this period have been invaluable.
“It has been a great honour for me to contribute my quota to the security and stability of our country.”
He also thanked Nigerians for their support throughout his years in service, noting: “I want to sincerely thank the good people of Nigeria for the trust, encouragement and cooperation they extended to me throughout my 34 years in service.
“Policing is a difficult, but noble profession, and whatever success we recorded was made possible by the understanding and support of Nigerians.
“I leave the service with a heart full of gratitude and pride for having had the opportunity to serve.”
Mba, a former Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO) and Lagos State Police Command spokesman, joined the Nigeria Police Force in May 1992 as a cadet officer after graduating as the Best Cadet in academics at the Nigeria Police Academy, Kano.
A member of the Nigerian Bar Association (MBA), 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.
He was Area Commander in Ajah and Festac in Lagos State; Commissioner of Police, Ogun State; Commissioner of Police in charge of the Border Patrol Force at Force Headquarters; and AIG in charge of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Annex, Alagbon, Lagos, before his elevation to DIG.