Former Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Henry Seriake Dickson has lamented that the late DIG Moses Jitoboh ought to be Inspector General of Police if Nigeria were a decent and fair country.

Dickson who represents Bayelsa West in the National Assembly spoke while paying condolence visit to the family of the late DIG in Abuja on Sunday.
The Senator described Jitoboh as a very promising professional who would be missed by all.
He said that he was even more pained by the fact that the late DIG did not live to see the judgment delivered in his favour in the suit he instituted to challenge his premature retirement from the police.
“Today, I paid a condolence visit to the family of DIG Moses Ambakina Jitoboh who died during the Christmas period while I was in the village.
“It was a very sad moment for me as I have known Moses Jitoboh since 1994 while we were at the Police Academy. He was like a younger brother and even afterwards while we pursued different career paths, we were constantly in touch, encouraging and supporting each other.
“I was more saddened as I had no knowledge of any terminal condition he was managing order than the occasional routine medical checks he carried out.
“I spoke with his wife and children and assured them that though their father is no more, they still have fathers like me they can rely on from time to time.
“If Nigeria were a decent and fair country, DIG Moses Jitoboh ought to have been an Inspector General of Police.
“It saddened me more because he was not alive to witness the court judgement delivered in his favour as I supported him all through, which is why I have dedicated my entire adult life to fighting for fairness and equity for our people, the Ijaw Nation, the Niger Delta and the oppressed and marginalized in the country.
“We have lost a very promising professional who we will all dearly miss and I pray God to grant the soul of the departed eternal rest and also grant us all especially his immediate family the fortitude to bear this irreparable and painful loss.”
Jitoboh, a retired Deputy Inspector General of Police from Bayelsa state, served as ADC to former President Jonathan when he was Vice President under the late President Umaru Yar’Adua from 2007 to 2010.
The Network reported that the former police chief died on Friday, December 27, 2024 at Garki General Hospital in Abuja due to blood clots in his legs which dislodged and blocked his lungs.
Jitoboh’s career in the police force came to an abrupt end following his compulsory retirement after the appointment of the current Inspector General of Police.
He subsequently approached the National Industrial Court in Abuja, alleging that he had been forced out of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).
In his court filing, Jitoboh claimed he was compulsorily retired by the Police Service Commission (PSC) despite not having reached the mandatory retirement age of 60 or having served the required 35 years.