Tafa Balogun is dead

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A former inspector general of the Nigerian Police Force, Tafa Balogun is dead.

Balogun, who was eased out of office by the then president Olusegun Obasanjo over corruption allegations, reportedly died of heart related diseases in Reddington Hospital, Lagos today Thursday August 4, 2022.


Sources said he had been down for a while before passing on moments ago.

He was 75 years old

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