Read The HUGE Amount Police Families Are Getting

The Nigeria Police Force has presented benefit awards worth N42 million to the families of 27 officers who died in the line of duty in Lagos and Ogun states.

Presenting the money, Inspector-General of Police Solomon Arase, who was represented by Bala Hassan, the Assistant Inspector General of Police, said the gesture was in fulfillment of the death benefit usually paid out to fallen officers under the Police Life Insurance Scheme.

Arase said that the scheme was put in place to alleviate the suffering of family members of police officers who died or sustained near fatal injuries in the line of duty.

“This will enable the families of the deceased to take care of their loved ones that are still living; we have officers that died in the course of duty and those that were shot by armed robbers.

“The benefits cut across all ranks in the force and the amount differed depending on the rank and circumstances in which the officer departed, he said.

“Each serving member usually fills a form showing their next of kin and after death, we then contact their next of kin and present the cheques to them.

“The rank is usually from inspector downwards; we have distributed close to N42 million now to all the families.

Arase called on the beneficiaries to put their money towards something positive, especially towards funding the education of young children.

“This does not end here, we still have other benefits, this one is for the insurance the force did for its officers, especially for those that died in the course of duty; those who were involved in accidents and those that were sick and eventually died also benefit.”

The beneficiaries received between N200,000 to N1.9 million each.

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