Flatten Tale Of Tafa Balogun

Here’s how It all happened

Mustafa Adebayo Balogun was the 11th Inspector General of the Nigeria Police Force. He joined the police force in May 1973 and officially became the IGP in March 2002. Young Balogun was born on August 25, 1947, at Ila-Orangun in Osun State, South-west Nigeria. He studied at the University of Lagos, earning a B.A. in political science there in 1972.
In May 1973, he enlisted in the Nigeria Police Force. He earned a law degree from the University of Ibadan while serving as a police officer.
After serving in a variety of roles across the nation, he rose to the position of principal staff officer for former Inspector-General of Police Muhammadu Gambo. He later held the positions of deputy commissioner of police in Edo State, commissioner of police in Delta State, commissioner of police in Rivers State, and commissioner of police in Abia State.

Wetin e come do wen sent him go jail

Omo, this is weird for him.

Why not complete the stories
And
Why dont your post his Pics??

Tafa Balogun was a thief/criminal...no be me talk am na OBJ the man who made him IG of police talk am.

Seems like he has stolen a lot of money.

I believe that Tafa Balogun stepped on toes he shouldn't have , or they just wanted to use a top profile person as a scapegoat to show they are "fighting corruption". Subsequent IGs, DIGs, AIGs and even CPs may have stolen more than him since then and nothing happened to them

Balogun attended the University of Lagos, graduating in 1972 with a B.A. in Political Science. He joined the Nigeria Police Force in May 1973. While a police officer, he gained a law degree from the University of Ibadan. After working in various positions around the country, he became Principal Staff Officer to former Inspector-General of Police, Muhammadu Gambo, then Deputy Commissioner of Police in Edo State, and then Commissioner of Police first in Delta State and then in Rivers State and Abia State. He was appointed Assistant Inspector General of Police in A.I.G. Zone One Kano, the position he held when promoted to Inspector General of Police on 6 March 2002.[1][2]
In November 2001, as A.I.G., Balogun reassured reporters that there were provisions to ensure the safety of businessmen in Nigeria through the outfit called Diplomatic Corp and Foreign National Protection Unit.[3]

Balogun became IGP in March 2002, replacing Musiliu Smith.[4] He was responsible for overall police security during the April 2003 national elections, which were marred by reports of police abuses.[5] In August 2003, Balogun presented a paper on "Nigeria: Electoral Violence and National Security" in which he advocated improvements such as use of national identity cards, mass education, electoral law reforms, citizens participation in politics, good governance and establishment of a constitutional court.[6]
In December 2003, Balogun organised extensive security measures across Nigeria to ensure that there were no disturbances during the Commonwealth of Nations summit.[7] Following various incidents in 2004 where reporters were beaten and their equipment damaged by policemen, Balogun made apologies and promised that those responsible would be punished.[8]
Towards the end of 2004, newspapers published allegations of corruption on a massive scale, asserting that Balogun had pocketed public money and taken bribes from politicians and criminals. These led to his forced retirement in January 2005.[2]
Later career
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On 4 April 2005, Balogun was arraigned at the Federal High Court, Abuja on charges involving about N13 billion obtained through money laundering, theft and other sources.[9] The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission under Nuhu Ribadu brought 70 charges against Balogun covering the period from 2002 to 2004.[10] He made a plea bargain with the court in exchange for returning much of the property and money.[11] He was sentenced to six months in jail.[12] He was released on 9 February 2006 after serving his sentence, part of it in Abuja National Hospital.[13]
In November 2008 and again in February 2009, the Chairman of the House Committee on Police Affairs, Abdul Ahmed Ningi, asked the Inspector General of Police Mike Okiro, to provide details of the money recovered from Balogun, a request that he passed on to the EFCC chairman, Mrs Farida Waziri. However, the EFCC stated that they did not have records of the exact properties recovered from Balogun.[11] It was said that some of the houses had been secretly sold to certain individuals at give-away prices.[14] In April 2009, the House of Representatives Committee on Police Affairs invited Balogun, Mike Okiro and Mrs Farida Waziri to explain how the N16 billion allegedly recovered from Balogun went missing.[15]
He died on 4 August 2022.[16]

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oz4real83:
I believe that Tafa Balogun stepped on toes he shouldn't have , or they just wanted to use a top profile person as a scapegoat to show they are "fighting corruption". Subsequent IGs, DIGs, AIGs and even CPs may have stolen more than him since then and nothing happened to them

He diverted police landed properties during privatisation under president olusegun Obasanjo and was too greedy by not releasing funds to police formations and divert those funds. It was so bad that Louis Edet house had no diesel to run the generators

How manage nau

The crazy part of the whole story is that all the money and properties recovered from Tafa Balogun were re-embezzled and never accounted for. And, unlike Tafa Balogun's fate, those who embezzled the recovered resources are still walking freely. It's sad!

Tafa was humiliated before he went to court. A scene I cannot forget is how he was dragged from the car like a criminal.

One of the many excesses of President Olusegun Obasanjo

His mansion in Ila orangun is in shambles

Speak no ill of the dead

Members of the indomie generation here are asking who he is,wetin im do?😂