The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has ordered the transfer of 1,332 police officers from the Delta State Command following the controversial extrajudicial killing of a 28-year-old suspect, Mene Ogidi, in Effurun.
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The development comes amid growing public outrage over the alleged killing, reportedly carried out by an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Nuhu Usman.
According to a wireless message exclusively obtained by SaharaReporters, the directive was issued under reference number CH:5360/FS/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.42/182, dated May 3, 2026, from the Force Headquarters in Abuja.
The internal police communication, addressed to senior officers and departments nationwide, detailed the immediate redeployment of affected personnel from Delta State to various commands across the country.
The message was circulated to all Deputy Inspectors-General of Police overseeing key departments, including Force Intelligence, Research and Planning, Training and Development, the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Finance and Administration, Logistics and Supply, Information and Communication Technology, and Operations.
It was also copied to Assistant Inspectors-General of Police in charge of specialised units such as the Police Mobile Force (PMF), Border Patrol Force, Special Protection Unit, and all zonal commands from Zones 1 to 17.
Further recipients included the Director of Legal Services at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, Abuja, as well as commandants of major police training institutions, including the Police Academy Kano, Police Staff College Jos, and police colleges in Kaduna, Maiduguri, Ikeja, and Oji River.
Commissioners of Police across all state commands—including Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Jigawa, Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Adamawa, Yobe, Borno, Bauchi, Gombe, Benue, Plateau, Edo, Nasarawa, Taraba, Enugu, Bayelsa, Rivers, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Imo, Abia, the Federal Capital Territory, Kogi, Osun, Ondo, Kwara, Ebonyi, Niger, Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara, and Ekiti—were also formally notified.
Specialised formations such as Airwing, Railway Command, Special Tactical Squad (STS), Provost units, Welfare Department, Force Public Relations Office (FPRO), X-Squad, Pension Office, Anti-Terrorism Unit, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Western and Eastern commands, INEC Desk, Interpol, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD-CBRN), Detective College Enugu, Special Investigation Section (SIS), Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Police Mobile Unit (PMU) Abuja, and Force Education units were equally directed to take note and comply.
According to the signal titled “Posting/Transfer of SPOs,” the Inspector-General approved the relocation of the officers “out of Delta State Command to commands as indicated against their names.”
“The Inspector-General of Police directs you to warn transferees to proceed to their new commands accordingly with immediate effect (W.I.E.),” the document stated.
It further instructed receiving commands to “unfailingly furnish details to the Inspector-General of Police’s Secretariat and the Office of the Force Secretary of transferees who report, or otherwise, on or before May 22, 2026.”
The signal was endorsed by Assistant Inspector-General of Police Bode Akinbamilowo, acting as Force Secretary, on behalf of the Inspector-General.
The mass transfer is widely seen as a direct institutional response to the killing of Mene Ogidi in Effurun, Delta State—a case that has sparked public anger, renewed scrutiny of police conduct, and intensified calls for accountability within the force.
A sample of the affected officers includes ASP II Luku Joseph (transferred from Delta to Edo), ASP II Obaro Godwin (Delta to Anambra), ASP II Awutefe Festus Okolocha (Delta to Abia), ASP II Kenneth Okoro Okezie (Delta to Edo), and several others across multiple state commands.
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