Recently retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, Joseph Mbu, has said he was retiring from the Nigeria Police Force as a fulfilled officer because he was privileged to head various formations and commands in the force.

Mbu who was honoured with a colourful pulling-out ceremony at Police Staff

College, Jos, said he was leaving the Police Force with his shoulders and head high, saying he was proud to be a policeman, and to retire as a policeman.

He recalled in December nineteen eighty-five, when they passed out from the same Police Staff College as cadets, before the establishment of the Police Academy Permanent site in Kano.

According to him, today is the time to dance; a day of fulfilment for me because we started the journey in January 1985 with 96 officers, and as at June 30, 2016, we were 48 left.

Some are presently Assistant Commissioners of Police,ACP, some Deputy

Commissioners of Police,DCP, and others Commissioners of Police.

In his word, by God’s grace and mercy, I am retiring in the IGP category in good health, saying I am leaving the Police Staff College, Jos, ten times better than I met it on October 5th 2015.

Mbu appreciated his bosses, which included Inspector Generals of Police Ogbonnaya Onovo and Mohammed Abubakar for their mentorship and continuous support throughout his career.

He also want to use the opportunity to urge senior officers to take the welfare of

their subordinates seriously and give them words of encouragement.

The retired Assistant Inspector General of Police urged Police officers all over Nigeria to love one another, asking them to avoid petty jealously and witch-hunt, there was a difference between being strict and being wicked, Superiors should look for the best in their subordinates and use it.