PM NEWS
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has begun the distribution of cheques to cover Insurance benefits of officers who lost their lives while in service, as well as those who suffered various forms of life-threatening injuries while on active duty.
The total sum of cheques presented to about 7,000 families of deceased officers and those injured or rendered disabled in the line of duty between 2012 and 2020 amounts to over N13 billion.
A statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi on Thursday, said these backlog payments were made possible through the IGP’s passionate drive to ensure that police officers were adequately catered for in the event of injury or permanent disability due to the risks associated with policing, and that families of deceased police officers were adequately catered for in the absence of their breadwinners.
