Admin l Wednesday, July 15, 2020
LAGOS, Nigeria -The Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu has ordered immediate payment of burial expenses and benefits to families of seven police officers who died in a road crash on Sunday, July 12, 2020 at Jaji town along the Kaduna-Zaria road.
Seven officers on Sunday died in road crash, while 11 others were injured. Eighteen of them were on deployment to Katsina and were traveling on an 18-seater Toyota Hummer Bus when the accident occurred.
Eleven others who were injured are currently receiving treatment in Kaduna. The deceased were part of an additional deployment made recently by the Force to boost the ongoing fight against bandits in Birnin-Gwari, Katsina State.
The IGP, who described the incident as a huge loss to the Force, notes that the incident is one of the unfortunate sacrifices, officers often encounter in the line of duty.
He described the deceased as “Heroes of Peace”.
A team of Police Medical Personnel has been dispatched to Kaduna State where eleven (11) officers that survived the accident are receiving medical attention.
According to the police, three of the deceased officers have been buried according to Islamic rites while the remains of the other four officers have been deposited in a Morgue.
