President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family, friends, and associates of former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mustapha Balogun, who passed on yesterday at the age of 75.
In a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adeshina ‘’The President also mourns with the Nigeria Police Force, an institution the late Tafa Balogun spent the better part of his life serving. The President recalls that Tafa Balogun, during his tenure as IGP, did his best to ensure that the police performed its statutory responsibilities under a democratic dispensation; and his penchant for boosting the morale of officers and men in the Force has been acknowledged by those who served under him’’.
‘’President Buhari’s thoughts are with the family, the government, and the people of Osun State, as well as colleagues and former colleagues of the deceased police chief. He prays for the peaceful repose of the soul of the departed’’ Adeshina concluded.
The Governor of Osun State Adegboyega Oyetola has also mourned the former Police Chief ‘’On behalf of the government and the good people of Osun, I join family members, friends, the Nigeria Police Force, and the people of Ila-Orangun to mourn the death of retired Inspector-General of Police, Tafa Balogun. I pray Almighty Allah overlook his shortcomings, admit him into Aljanah, and grant his family and loved ones the strength to bear his demise.”
NPO Reported Thursday night the death of the former Police boss at a Lagos hospital.
He hailed from Ila Orangun in Osun State.