Peter Lanchene Toobu (born 8 June 1968) is a Ghanaian retired police officer and politician who is a member of the National Democratic Congress.

He holds a Master of Arts degree in Leadership from the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre.

[5][7][8] He served as the Executive Secretary to the former Inspector General of Police (IGP) David Asante Apeatu from 2017 until he resigned and retired from the service to go into Politics in 2019.

[2][9][10][11] Toobu won the parliamentary bid to represent the National Democratic Congress for the Wa West Constituency ahead of the 2020 elections in August 2019 after securing 775 votes to beat incumbent member of parliament former Minister of Local Government Joseph Yieleh Chireh who polled 317 votes and who had served as MP since 2004.

On 6 April 2021, he petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin to draw the President's attention to issues relating to security and address the growing insecurity within Ghana.