Governor Shetima Gives 16M To Families Of Slain Policemen.

 The Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima has released the sum of sixteen million, and eight hundred thousand naira to next of kins of the slain officers,they were killed in the line of duty . Scores of policemen and hundreds of civilians were slain in the attack in Gomboru Ngala Local Government area of Borno State by the Islamic militants

                                                  

Distributing the money to beneficiaries at the Police Headquarters in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, on Thursday, the Police Commissioner, Lawal Tanko said the Borno State government had graciously made available N16.8 million to the next of kin of 16 slain officers and four injured.

The Commissioner said each of the next of kin is to receive one million naira while the injured officers are to receive the sum of two hundred thousand naira each.

Speaking on behalf of the families of the slain officers, Abdullahi Dogara, a relation of one of the officers from Nasaraws State and Kuve Mathew whose husband was killed in the Gomburu attack pleaded with the police authorities to allow the salaries of their fallen comrades to flow for at least six months to enable the families they left behind stabilize.

They said this would help the children they left behind continue with their education and have food on the table, as most of the wives of the slain officers are not working.

Kuve Mathew also said that the authorities should look into the issue of equipping the police with superior weapons in operation to enable them defend Nigerians and themselves.

“The painful thing is that your husband left home with the hope that he will come back but at the end of the day ,what is coming back is the corpse of your husband; they have always complained of inadequate ammunition given to them to fight the insurgents”, she said.

T he Commissioner of Police however said it was not in their hands to determine the flow of salaries of slain officers, but that the police authority would continue to do everything possible to ensure that the families of their fallen colleagues did not suffer much before their entitlements are ready.