N2.4bn Insurance Cheques For A Category of Police Officers

Insurance cheques worth about N2.4bn is ready for a category of families of police officers.

Authorities of the Nigeria police force made available the cheques in lieu of 1,075 police officers who died defending the country.

The message is that they did not die in vain after all.

The insurance cheques are worth about about N2.4bn and the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, presented them to the next of kin of the fallen police men.

He said the disbursement was made under the Group Life Assurance Scheme and the I-G Family Welfare Scheme, and covered policy years spanning 2018/2019, 2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2022/2023, 2024/2025, and 2025/2026.

The payments included recoveries from insurance obligations that had remained outstanding for several years.

“A police institution that calls upon its personnel to make the highest sacrifices must equally demonstrate responsibility and compassion towards them and their families,” he said.

“The deceased officers were not only members of the force but also fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, and pillars of strength within their families and communities.

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“Each day they wore the uniform, they did so with a profound sense of duty, placing the safety and security of others above their own,” he said.

The IG said the presentation was a solemn acknowledgement of the courage, commitment, and ultimate sacrifices made by the officers.

Condoling the widows, children, parents, and relatives of the deceased, he said the sacrifices of their loved ones would remain etched in the history of the force and the nation.