The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has set up a 7-man Panel of Inquiry on Monday 4th September 2023, headed by the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Abuja, DIG Abiodun Alabi, with a mandate to conduct a thorough and impartial investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a promising young cadet, Sulaiman Jika, who lost his life, on Friday, 1st of September 2023, at the Nigeria Police Academy (POLAC), Wudil, Kano State.
According to a statement on Tuesday, 5th September 2023 signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said that the IGP has set a deadline of 4 days for the panel to furnish a comprehensive report detailing its findings and recommendations.
Other members of the panel include the AIGÂ Training and Development, AIG Oyeyemi Oyediran; Force Medical Officer, CP Garba Emmanuel Nzukwen; CP Homicide FCID, CP Fom Pam Joseph; CP Training POLAC, CP Patrick Edung; representative of the CP Legal as the Secretary, and the Principal Staff Officer II to the IGP, ACP Idris Abubakar.
The IGP has extended his heartfelt condolences and commiserations to the family and relations of Sulaiman Jika and the academy community, during this trying time, assuring that he is deeply empathetic to their pains and loss; and that the Force would do the needful to ensure justice is done in the case.
