The Inspector General of Police-IGP, Alkali Usman Baba has distributed the sum of eleven million, two hundred and eight thousand five hundred and sixty one Naira eighty one Kobo to families of 17 late police officers who died in active service.
The Commissioner of Police Zamfara state Command, CP Kolo Yusuf who distributed the cheques to the next-of-kins of late officers on behalf of the IGP said the gesture was part of the initiatives of the IGP’s Group life/family welfare insurance schemes.
CP Kolo, while presenting the cheques, appreciated the Inspector General of Police for his persistent concern to the welfare of serving, retired as well as families of late Police officers.
He therefore described the gesture as timely and it would go a long way in alleviating the sufferings being encountered by the families of deceased officers and would equally boost the morale of the serving personnel to continue to put in their best in the ongoing fight against criminal elements across the country.
The CP charged the beneficiaries to use the money judiciously, noting that, in the last 4 months alone, the Command had received a similar gesture from the Inspector General of Police three times and presented the same to the next-of-kins.
Some of the beneficiaries, Aisha Bello and Dan Iro who spoke on behalf of other Next-of-Kins, thanked the Inspector General of Police for the gesture and promised to use the money judiciously.
Radio Nigeria gathered that the Police officers lost their lives during fighting Banditry operations in Zamfara state
Abdulrazak Kaura
