The Commissioner of Police in Sokoto State, Mr Aminu Koji, on Wednesday, confirmed the killing of two police personnel, Asp. Abdullahi Maisaje and Sgt. Usman Ibrahim, while they were on election duty.
Koji, who spoke while addressing newsmen in Sokoto, said the officers were attacked by gunmen on their way to Isa Local Government Area on Friday, March 8 for the March 9 Governorship and State House of Assembly elections.
The commissioner sympathized with the families of the deceased, adding that they died in service of the fatherland.
Koji urged the families to see their deaths as God’s will and act of fate, saying, “God gives and God takes.”
The commissioner while commending Governor Aminu Tambuwal for his kind gesture, announced donations of Two million Naira to the family of Maisaje and One million Naira to the family of Ibrahim.
Koji noted that the donation was not compensation for the dead as no amount could equate human life, while handling over the money to wives of the deceased persons.
Mrs Maryam Abubakar, the wife of Maisaje, thanked the governor for the gesture.
She said her husband left behind nine children, comprising four males and five females.
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