A former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mustapha Balogun, is dead.
Family sources disclosed that Balogun died on Tuesday night.
The deceased was appointed as the IGP in March 2002.
He was born on August 8, 1947, at Ila-Orangun in Osun State.
Balogun, who was the 21st Inspector-General of Police, was a member of cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Course 3.
Having worked in various police commands throughout the federation, and earning his promotions as at when due, Bologun was at a time, the Principal Staff Officer (PSO) to former IGP, Muhammadu Gambo, Deputy Commission of Police Edo State, the pioneer Commissioner of Police in Delta State.
He was also Commissioner of Police in Rivers and Abia states.
Mustapha Balogun, a fellow of the premier highest military institution in Nigeria, the National War College, 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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