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Ganduje condoles families of police officers killed in Edo accident

Mr Ganduje described the incident as a sad moment for the Police Force.

• September 28, 2024
Abdullahi Ganduje
Abdullahi Ganduje

Abdullahi Ganduje, the All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, has condoled the families of five police officers who died in a motor accident while returning from Edo.

Mr Ganduje spoke at the Bichi Central Mosque, while offering prayers for the deceased police officers. 

Mr Ganduje described the incident as a sad moment for the Police Force, himself, and the nation in general.

Mr Ganduje donated N2 million to each of the five deceased officers’ families and N1 million to ten injured officers.

Mr Ganduje noted that the accident was a sad moment not only to the Police Force but to the entire nation in general.

 “I decided to personally come down to Bichi because of the enormity of the situatiin, and because the officers died in active service.”

Rep. Kabir Abubakar, House committee chairman on appropriation, also condoled the families of the deceased officers.

( NAN) 

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