Families of Slain Gombe policemen get N18m support from Govt

By Sola Omoniyi, Lagos

The families of slain police officers who died while in office have received a whooping sum of N18m from Gombe state police command.

The state commissioner of police, CP Oqua Etim, on Monday, presented the cheque under family welfare scheme and Group Life Assurance to cushion the challenge of loosing their love ones.

The Police stated that they wouldn’t forget the contribution of the slain policemen and no fewer than 25 families would benefit from the N18.5 million offer.

“18.5m cheques will be disbursed to them. Things like this make us know that we will not be forgotten. It is a practice that says we remember our brothers and families. It is a time family of the deceased will know that their benefactors belonged to a caring organisation, he stated.

“Take it as an act of God, if God did not destiny it, it wouldn’t have happened.”, he added.