The Commissioner, Zamfara State Police Command, Ayuba N. Elkanah, presented cheques to the next of kins of five deceased Police Officers who died while in active service.
The Commissioner presented the N,136,000 cheques to the families of the deceased Police Officers on Thursday.
It was part of the welfare scheme of the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, to officers and men of the Force.
The Commissioner of Police while presenting the cheques appreciated Baba for the gesture aimed at alleviating the sufferings being faced by families of Police Officers who died in service.
Elkanah described the IGP’s gesture as timely and will serve as a moral booster to Officers and men to redouble their unalloyed commitment in the ongoing fight against criminal elements in the country.
He therefore charged the beneficiaries to utilise the money judiciously, noting that in the last three months alone, the Command had received similar cheques from the Inspector General of Police five times and presented same to the beneficiaries.
One of the benefiting families, Usman Musa, who spoke on behalf of other benefiting families, thanked the Inspector General of Police for the gesture and promised to use the money judiciously.