Gov Fubara donates N20m to widow of slain police officer

Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has donated N20,000,000 to the family of a police officer, the late Inspector Collins David, who died on active duty recently.

David was serving under the Ahoada Division of the state command before he was killed.

The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Tammy Danagogo, presented the cheque to the widow of the slain policeman on behalf of the governor at the command headquarters.

According to him, the gesture is the governor’s demonstration of commitment to ensuring that the families of policemen who lost their lives in the cause of serving the state are not left in desolation.

Danagogo, in a statement by the Head of the Press Unit, Juliana Masi, noted that the action is in continuation of the tradition of the Rivers State Government’s security architecture, which entails a partnership with the police and other security agencies in the fight against crime.

The statement commended the relentless efforts of the state Police Command and, in particular, the strategic fight against criminality led by the new Commissioner of Police, Nwonyi Polycarp-Emeka.

In his response, Polycarp-Emeka described Governor Fubara’s monetary presentation to the family of the late officer as “an uncommon gesture of encouragement in the country.”