By Abimbola Ogunnaike
Former spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, Frank Mba, assumes office as the new Commissioner of Police in Ogun State.
Mba will be taking over from CP Lanre Bankole, who has been deployed to the Force Headquarters, Abuja.
His deployment as the new CP in Ogun State was authorised by the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba.
His letter of appointment was dated January 24, 2023, and signed by the Assistant Inspector-General of Police to the Police Service Commission (PSC), Hafiz Inuwa.
Frank Mba studied law at the University of Lagos and was called to the Nigerian bar in 2002. He also has a Master’s Degree in Law from the University of Dundee, Scotland, and a Certificate in National and International Security from Harvard University, USA.
Mba was a former police PRO in Lagos before he was moved to the force headquarters where he acted as the force PRO between 2012 to 2014.
He distinguished himself in the most populated commercial city notorious for crime. During his reign as the state Police PRO, crime subsided.
The new police boss was an ex-member, Nigeria Police Contingent to the United Nations Peace-Keeping Mission in Liberia between 2006 and 2007. He won the prestigious UN Medal.
He is among police officers who have been appointed more than one time as Force PRO.The new Ogun State police boss hails from Ezimo in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State.
During his set at the police cadet college, he graduated as the best cadet inspector in academics at the Police Academy, Kano, in 1993. His diligence and brilliance have been paying off ever since he joined the law enforcement agency as he rose up the police ladder.
Mba is taking over the Ogun command barely three weeks to the 2023 general elections.
