AIG Joseph Mbu

Mr Joseph Mbu, Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) of Police, who was brazenly partisan as head of the Rivers Police Command and harassed the former governor, Rotimi Amaechi has now formally retired from the police force.

He was among the score of Police AIGs compulsorily retired in the aftermath of the appointment of a new inspector General of Police last week.

Today, Mbu was pulled out from the force as the Commandant, Police Staff College, Jos, bringing to an end a 31 year career. Mbu enrolled in the force in 1985.

At the ceremony, Mbu described his service years as fulfilling and urged men and officers still in service to always eschew ‘eye service’ in the discharge of their duties.

“I am privileged as a police officer to head various formations and commands, including the political capital, Abuja, and the economic capital, Lagos.

“ Other formations and commands I headed as commissioner of police include the Directorate of Police Education, Mobile Force, Oyo, Rivers and the FCT.

“ I was also the Assistant Inspector General of Police Zone 7, Abuja, Zone 2, Lagos and also the Elite College, the highest Police institution in Nigeria,’’ he said.

Mbu called on the media not to over flog the alleged “sins” of some policemen in the course of duty, but rather to seek and understand their peculiar circumstances and work as partners with them to ensure peace and sanity in the country.