CP Azare Presents N22.9m Cheques To Deceased Officers’ Families In Akwa Ibom

Thursday October 30, 2025
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By Idorenyin UMOREN, Security Evaluator 

The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, CP Baba Mohammad Azare, Thursday, October 30, 2025, presented cheques with a total sum of Twenty two million, ninety four thousand, nine hundred and fourteen naira, eighty Kobo, (N22,0914.80) to families and next of kin of sixty-three deceased police officers under the Group Life Assurance and IGP Family welfare schemes.

The Command’s Public Relations Officer PPRO DSP Timfon John made this known in a Press Release issued on October 30, 2025 in Uyo.

According to the Release, “In his address, CP Azare sympathized with the beneficiaries who lost their loved ones during the course of their service to the nation, assuring them that the Force under the leadership of IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, PhD, NPM remains committed to the welfare of Police officers both deceased, retired and serving. He said the force will continue to ensure adequate support for the families of the fallen heroes who paid the ultimate price and will improve the living conditions of the families they left behind.

“The CP encouraged the beneficiaries to make good use of the funds by channeling them into legitimate businesses and the upkeep of their households.

“The beneficiaries while expressing their heartfelt gratitude to the Inspector General of Police for the kind gesture, said the support will go a long way to lessen their burden, promising to make judicious use of the funds,” DSP John concluded.