Sanwo-Olu Rolls Out Compensation Packages for Murdered, Injured Policemen in Lagos

Matilda Omonaiye/

Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has presented a 7-point compensation package to police officers serving in Lagos at the Police Command Headquarters, Ikeja.

The Governor who was accompanied to the event by his Deputy, Dr Femi Hamzat and other Cabinet members, assured the police officers of the State Government’s commitment to meeting the requests of the youth agitation during the #EndSARS protest.

Sanwo-Olu pledged to fund burial arrangements of officers killed during #EndSARS protests, compensate families of police officers killed during the protest, provide scholarship for the children of slain police officers in protest, foot medical bills of injured police officers in the protest, consider insurance for serving police officers of the Lagos Command, remodel razed police posts into modern stations, and provide two new generators to power the Command headquarters.

He said that the time was ripe for an improved police-citizens relationship, urging the officers to ensure that their uniform represents dignity, pride, honour and discipline.

In attendance were DIG Leye Oyebade, AIG Ahmed Iliyasu, CP Hakeem Odumosu, DCP Mohammed Ali, DCP Yetunde Longe, DCP Tunji Disu, Area Commanders, Commanders of Mobile Police formations, DPOs, senior officers and the rank and file.