A Commissioner of Police and Commandant of the Nigeria Police College, Ikeja, Lagos State, Tunde Sobulo, is dead, reports the News Agency of Nigeria.
Sobulo died on Friday in Atlanta Georgia, United States of America after a protracted illness.
The eldest son of the late Commissioner, Robert Sobulor, who confirmed the death, told NAN that he got the news around midnight Nigerian time.
Robert said his sister, Laila, who was with their father in the US, called to inform him of his death while he was already sleeping in Nigeria.
He said his father would be buried in Atlanta Georgia after a family meeting currently going on.
He said: “The vacuum my father’s death has created cannot be filled in the family and his profession.
“He was dedicated to the police profession and his family.
“He was an operational person.
“He usually says to me: think.
“When you think, you carry out the action.”
Speaking also with NAN, the immediate younger brother to late CP Sobulo, Alhaji Kamarudeen Shomide, described him as a great loss to the family.
Shomide said the late Commissioner loved his family and his profession, stressing that they would miss his brotherly love.
He said: “He was so dear to us.
“I am talking to you now with heavy heart as a man.
“He died young at about 58 years.”
A nephew to the late Commissioner, Folahan Sobulo, said he would be remembered for his mentorship and teaching.
Folahan said they were together towards the end of the Commissioner’s life before he travelled to the US for treatment.
He said: “He has always be a fatherly figure to me.
“My dad is his immediate senior brother.
“He created a name that is like umbrella to us all.
“He was an extremely dedicated officer to his work.
“I cherished the moment where we have disagreement and later agreed.”
NAN observed that the Nigeria Police Flag at the police college, Ikeja was flown at half mast.
Some family members and friends were seen in different groups at his official residence discussing the development.
Sobulo was promoted to the rank of Commissioner of Police and posted to Ikeja Police College in 2014.
NAN.
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