Egbetokun Mourns as Ex-Police Spokesman Frank Odita Dies At 84

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun, PhD, NPM, on behalf of the entire officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force, commiserates with family, friends and loved ones on the sudden death of a former Commissioner of Police and Force Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Asikabulu Odita (Retd.). 

He was the Force Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police Force between 1990 and 1992, and tremendously raised the bar in Police Public Relations setting the standard for later successes in police/citizen relationship.

CP Odita, a communications expert, media mogul, Principal Consultant/CEO FrankCom Limited, who hailed from Ibusa, lga Oshimili area of Delta State, retired from the Nigeria Police Force in 1993 after a well-celebrated and meritorious service to the nation

He was a Co-founder and Presenter, Security Watch Africa, and was instrumental to the floating and establishment of various Television/Radio programmes  which served to show the inner workings of the Police and thereby improve its perception amongst the public. 

His death occurred in the evening of 24th June, 2023, after a brief illness, at the age of 84, at the Critical Care Unit of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) 

While commiserating with the family, the IGP urges them to be strong and focus on upholding the legacies of their husband, father, and grandfather. The IGP equally restated that he was a man dedicated to diligence in his lifetime both within and outside of public service. 

The late CP Odita attended the Metropolitan Police Training School, Hendon, London; Institute of Police Management and Technology, North Florida University, Jackson Ville U.S.A; Metropolitan Police Detective Training School, Watton Street, London. He joined the Nigeria Police Force in 1958. He became ASP in 1972, and he was Commandant, Police Mobile Force, before he became the Force Public Relations Officer. He held the position until he retired in 1993.