In response to the outrage that greeted the gruesome extra-judicial killing of citizen Oghenemine Ogidi in Effurun Community in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has ordered the transfer of 1,332 police officers from Delta State Police Command.
The IGP’s directive is contained in a wireless message exclusively obtained by Kristina Reports, reference number: CH:5360/FS/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.42/182, dated May 3, 2026, from the Force Headquarters in Abuja.
The message, which was sent as a signal to heads of all police formations and establishments across the country, was signed by the Force Secretary, Bode Akinbamilowo, an Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), on behalf of the Inspector General of Police, Olatunji Disu,.
The development, comes after growing outrage over the alleged killing carried out by a trigger-happy policeman, Nuhu Usman, who was, until his dismissal, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP).
The internal police communication detailed the immediate redeployment of the affected officers from Delta State to various commands nationwide.
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 mass transfer is widely seen as a direct institutional response to the killing of Mene Ogidi in Effurun, Delta State – a case that has triggered public anger, renewed scrutiny of police conduct, and calls for accountability within the force.
Close watchers of the development and approach of the current Inspector General of Police, Olatunji Disu to the incident, adjudged by many as horrible, posit that this may actually signpost a new dawn in police discipline, professionalism and constitutional adherence for the Nigeria Police Force.