At one point in time Commissioner of Police Benneth Igwe ( rtd ) was one of the most popular and celebrated Police officers in Nigeria
He rose through the ranks to become the 31st Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Commissioner of Police
He took over from AIG Haruna G. Garba
He was described as a thorough bred and highly operational Police Officer whose experience was believed came in handy in the fight against criminality in FCT.
Born on the 7th of October 1968. He hails from Akatta Oru-East LGA, Imo State, Nigeria. He attended the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, where he bagged a Bachelor of Science Degree in Estate Management. His quest for further educational qualifications made him bag a master’s degree in business administration at the same university.
CP Igweh was enlisted into the Nigerian Police Force in 1996, as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police and was trained at the prestigious Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State.
He also served in the Nigeria Police Force in several Operational, Administrative, and Intelligence capacities. Before his redeployment as the FCT Commissioner of Police, CP Benneth C. Igweh mni was the commander of Special Intervention Squad (SIS) FHQ, Abuja.
He was later promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of FCT
But that was when the music changed
Some people leaked the information that CP Benneth Igweh actually falsified his age
The Nigeria Police Force through IGP Kayode Egbetokun instituted a panel to look into the allegations
https://www.cknnigeria.com/2025/09/police-set-to-arraign-ex-aig-cp-dcp-for.html
The panel returned a damn verdict which showed that AIG Igweh truly forged his birth certificate alongside some other senior officers
He was immediately demoted and retired by the Police alongside other officers
Those being charged are Idowu Owohunwa, a retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police; Benneth Igwe, a retired Commissioner of Police; Ukachi Opara, a retired Commissioner of Police; Obo Ukam Obo, a retired Deputy Commissioner of Police; and Simon Lough, a retired Assistant Commissioner of Police.
They will be arraigned in court in few days time
CP Igwe also had the inglorious tenure of supervising the oppression and clamping down on the end bad governance protesters in Abuja during which time so many innocent Nigerians and journalists were teargassed and arrested in the FCT
What an irony story of from grace to grass
Chris Kehinde Nwandu is Executive Editor CKNNews