Edo Gov Election: APC Offers Families Of Deceased Policemen Monetary Rewards

By Ayodele Oni

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has announced monetary rewards to families of five police officers, who died in a motor accident while returning from Edo State.

He also announced monetary donations to other ten officers that sustained injuries in the accident.

The affected officers were returning from Edo state, where they monitored last Saturday’s governorship election when the accident happened.

The incident occurred along the Zaria-Kano road at Karfi Village near the Trailer Park, as stated by the Public Relations Officer of the Kano command.

Ganduje spoke at Bichi Central Mosque, on Saturday while offering prayers for the deceased police officers.

He described the incident as a sad moment for the Police Force, himself, and the nation.

The Party donated N2 million to each of the five deceased officers’ families. One million naira each to ten injured officers

He noted that the accident was a sad one  not only to the Police Force but to the entire nation in general.

“I decided to personally come down to Bichi because of the enormity of the death, and because the officers  died in active service.

The Chairman House Committee on Appropriation Abubakar Kabir Abubakar, also shared condolences, and prayed for the repose of the Departed souls.