The Coordinator of the Operation Yaki security outfit in Kaduna State, retired Colonel Yakubu Yusuf, yesterday paid N100,000 each to some families of police personnel who died in service.
Colonel Yusuf said at the event that the payment was part of the outfit’s contributions to alleviate suffering among families of fallen personnel.
He said there would also be life insurance entitlements running into some millions of naira which would soon be redeemed by relatives.
“This presentation is in line with provisions in the operational blueprint of this outfit. I hope families of the deceased officers will take solace in the Lord and put what happened behind them to be able to face the challenges ahead,” he said.
The families expressed gratitude to the state government for the gesture and appealed to the coordinator to help them fast-track the life insurance benefits.