Sanwo-Olu compensates families of deceased security personnel with N30m
By Rasaq Adebayo
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has compensated the families of the three dead security personnel including two RRS and one Taskforce officers with N10million each.
The deceased include Inspt. Ajibola Gafari who died as a result of hit and run vehicle on January 25, 2020 while on duty at Falomo under bridge, and SPY ‘PC’ Olufemi Richard who died as a result of sickness he developed while on duty on June 21, 2020.
While presenting the cheques to the beneficiaries at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja on Wednesday, the governor who was represented by the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Mr. Tayo Ayinde, sympathised with the affected families, describing the monetary support as a token and the government’s efforts to comfort the affected families, maintaining that, ‘no amount of financial gift can make up for the lost lives and the gallantry of the fallen Patriots.”
The Governor commended and appreciated the gallantry of the deceased operatives, reassuring the families and Lagos residents of the government’s decisiveness to always work for the good and wellbeing of the masses.
The three beneficiary families include those of late Insptr. Ajibola Gafari, PC Olufemi Richards of Lagos State Rapid Response Squad (RRS) and ASP Omisore Oluwashina Olamide of Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement Unit).
Speaking on behalf of the beneficiary families, a son of one of the deceased, Olufemi Odeniyi, expressed profuse thanks to Governor Sanwo-Olu for the support, wishing everyone present and the government greater success and impact on the lives of Lagosians.
