The Delta State Commissioner of Police Command, CP Wale Abass, on Friday, 9th June 2023, on behalf of the Inspector General of Police IGP Alkali Baba Usman, presented cheques of Thirty-Three Million, Two Hundred and Seventy-Five Thousand, Eight Hundred And Forty Naira (#33,275,840) to families of deceased officers who died in the line of duty.
According to a press release signed by the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP. Bright Edafe, said that the cheques issued on behalf of the IGP are parts of the Group Life Assurance, Group Personal Accident, and IGP Family Welfare Insurance Schemes.
The CP while presenting the cheques appreciated the gesture by the IGP as the cheques will in no small way act as a boost to the families and also a way of letting them know that though their loved ones are no more, the force did not forget their sacrifices.
One of the beneficiaries in her remark on behalf of other beneficiaries appreciated the Inspector General of Police for the gesture shown to them and assured that the money will be spent judiciously