Widows of police officers killed by
Boko Haram beg for jobs
on january 04, 2014 at 3:43 pm in news

Some wives and children of policemen killed
by Boko Haram insurgents, on Saturday
appealed to the government and the Nigerian
Police to provide them with vocational
training and jobs.
The widows and other members of their
families made the appeal in Kaduna during
the distribution of bags of rice, vegetable oil
and a cow by the Inspector General of Police.
Mrs Margaret Ishaya, the wife of one of the
deceased officers said the widows were ready
to accept job as cleaners.
She said that it would go a long way to
enable them fend for their families and
appealed to the police authorities to consider
members of their families during recruitment.
The wife of late Ins. Sunday Badeh, who died
in the process of detonating a bomb, urged
the police to fast track the payment of
benefits to the affected families.
Mrs Badeh, however commended the support
from the police authorities following the
demise of her husband.
Also speaking, the widow of Sgt. Yakubu
Musa, who was killed on 18 April, 2012 at
Rigasa said some of them needed jobs to
have a steady income.
The Insp. Gen. of Police, Mohammed
Abubakar assured the widows and other
families of deceased officers of the Police
continuous support for them.
Abubakar, represented by the Commissioner
of Welfare, Mr Usman Yakubu, said the
distribution of food items was aimed at
alleviating the hardship the families of the
deceased officers were facing.
He said that the police have so far
distributed food items to families of deceased
and injured officers affected by the
insurgency in 10 states.
“Though they have paid the supreme price so
that Nigeria and Nigerians can live in peace
you will continue to be regarded as active
members of the Nigeria police family,” he
said.
The Kaduna State Commissioner of Police,
Mr Olufemi Adenaike, said that the command
recently distributed N10, 000 each to families
of the 29 policemen killed between 2011 and
2013.
Adenaike said that the effort was aimed at
providing them with succour during the
yuletide and New Year. (NAN)