IGP Puts Smiles On Faces Of Relations Of Deceased Officers

By Ayodele Oni

As a morale booster to serving officers and relief for relations of policemen that lost their life in active service, relations of deceased policemen attached to Ondo State Police Command got a reprieve from the Inspector General of Police Alkali Usman Baba on Wednesday.

The State Commissioner of Police, Oyeyemi Oyediran, distributed the sum of N35 million to  widows of Police Officers who died while serving their fatherland in the state.

The CP, who presented the various cheques to the widows of the late Officers informed the beneficiaries of the Inspector-General of police, Alkali Usman Baba, magnanimity to ensure that the welfare of both late officers’ families and active police officers is paramount to him and has vowed to ensure that non of the family members of slain Officers will suffer or regret serving the nation.

He urged the families of the late Officers to make judicious use of the token of love extended to them by the Inspector General of Police to improve their family welfare especially the children of the deceased.

The representatives of the families appreciated the effort of the Inspector-General of Police in improving their lot despite the fact that their husbands were late and that the Police had proven to them and the world at large that the labour of their husbands were not in vain.

They promised to use the money to establish themselves for the betterment of their family.

Also at the ceremony, the Commissioner of Police, CP Oyediran decorated newly promoted officer in the command.

Amongst those newly promoted are the Commandant, Police Training School, Oyin Akoko and the Area Commander in charge of Owo Area Command, from the rank of an  Assistant Commissioner of Police to  Deputy Commissioner of Police.

The Divisional Police Officer, Ore Divisional headquarters and the Officer in charge of the Commissioner of Police Special Intervention Squad were also decorated as Assistant Commissioners of Police.

While other beneficiaries of the promotion were elevated from the rank of  Assistant Superintendent of Police to Deputy Superintendent of Police, Inspector to Assistant Superintendent of Police.

While congratulating them, the CP admonished them to redouble their efforts as to who much is given, much is expected.

He enjoined them to be role models to their subordinates and work hard to justify their new ranks and also appreciate the Inspector-General of Police effort in improving their welfare.