Delta CP Presents N47.8M Cheques To Families Of Deceased Officers

By Stephen Asaba-ase

The Delta State Commissioner of Police, Mr Abaniwonda Olufemi has presented a Cheque of Forty-seven million, eight Hundred and Twenty Seven Thousand, Five Hundred and Twenty-Nine Naira ( #47,827,529) to the families of deceased police officers in the state.

Abaniwonda reiterated that the welfare of both serving and late officers were part of the primary interest of the Inspector General of Police.

According to a press statement signed by Bright Edafe, the Delta State Command Public Relations Officer, “the CP Olufemi on behalf of the Inspector General of Police IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, PhD, NPM presented cheques of Forty-Seven Million, Eight Hundred and Twenty-Seven Thousand, Five Hundred and Twenty-Nine Naira (#47,827,529) to twenty-two families of deceased officers who died while in active service”.

The cheques issued to the next of kin of the twenty-two families of deceased officers on behalf of the IGP as part of the IGP Family Welfare Scheme, Group Life Assurance, and Group Personal Accident Insurance Schemes.

The CP who was assisted by the Deputy Commissioner of the Police Administration, DCP Tokunbo Afolabi, while presenting the cheques, noted that the welfare of both serving and late officers were part of the interest of the Inspector General of Police, and it was on his behalf that these cheques were presented.

Meanwhile, Abaniwonda also appreciated the gesture by the IGP as the cheques would in no small way act as a boost to the families and also a way of letting them know that despite their loved ones being no more, the Force did not forget their sacrifices.

However, one of the beneficiaries who thanked the IGP for his magnanimity, noted that the money given to them would be used judiciously.