IGP donates 43.2 million naira to families of slain police officers
Inspector General of Police Usman Alkali (IGP) has handed over N43.2 million to the families of 20 police officers who lost their lives on active duty in Anambra State.
State Police Spokesman Tochukwu Ikenga disclosed in a statement on Tuesday.
Mr. Ikenga, deputy superintendent of police, said state police commissioner Echeng Echeng presented the checks to the families on behalf of the IGP.
“This gesture is an initiative of the IGP Family Social Insurance Scheme to provide relief to the families of police officers who have died on active duty,” he said.
The police spokesman said the gesture was intended to "inspire officers to greatness while carrying out their statutory duties with the assurance that their welfare is of paramount importance to the '(Nigerian Police) Force Administration'.
Mr. Echeng thanked the IGP for its "tireless efforts to ensure a good welfare package for Nigerian police personnel", Mr. Ikenga said.
The Commissioner of Police urged recipients to “use the money wisely by investing in a profitable business” to meet the needs of those left behind by the deceased.
He said the IGP sent similar funds to the state police, which were shared with the recipients accordingly
Police officers and officials from other security agencies have been the target of deadly attacks mainly in the South-East and South-South by gunmen believed to be part of the Biafra agitation in both regions .
The indigenous people of Biafra, a group leading the agitation for the creation of an independent state of Biafra from the southeast and parts of the south-south, have been blamed for the deadly attacks in both regions.
But the group has repeatedly denied involvement in the attacks.
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Inspector General of Police Usman Alkali (IGP) has handed over N43.2 million to the families of 20 police officers who lost their lives on active duty in Anambra State.
State Police Spokesman Tochukwu Ikenga disclosed in a statement on Tuesday.
Mr. Ikenga, deputy superintendent of police, said state police commissioner Echeng Echeng presented the checks to the families on behalf of the IGP.
“This gesture is an initiative of the IGP Family Social Insurance Scheme to provide relief to the families of police officers who have died on active duty,” he said.
The police spokesman said the gesture was intended to "inspire officers to greatness while carrying out their statutory duties with the assurance that their welfare is of paramount importance to the '(Nigerian Police) Force Administration'.
Mr. Echeng thanked the IGP for its "tireless efforts to ensure a good welfare package for Nigerian police personnel", Mr. Ikenga said.
The Commissioner of Police urged recipients to “use the money wisely by investing in a profitable business” to meet the needs of those left behind by the deceased.
He said the IGP sent similar funds to the state police, which were shared with the recipients accordingly
Police officers and officials from other security agencies have been the target of deadly attacks mainly in the South-East and South-South by gunmen believed to be part of the Biafra agitation in both regions .
The indigenous people of Biafra, a group leading the agitation for the creation of an independent state of Biafra from the southeast and parts of the south-south, have been blamed for the deadly attacks in both regions.
But the group has repeatedly denied involvement in the attacks.
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