The former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mustapha Balogun, is dead.

 Reports quoted family sources as confirming that Balogun died on Thursday night. He was 75 years old.

Born on August 8, 1947 at Ila-Orangun in Osun State, Tafa Balogun, was the 21st Inspector-General of Police in Nigeria.

  He succeeded Musliu Smith as Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police.

 He was a member of cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Course 3.