By Damilare Adeleye
IGP Olukayode Egbetokun, Inspector General of Police, has constituted a 7-man Panel of Inquiry to thoroughly investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of Sulaiman Jika, a young Police cadet, at the Nigeria Police Academy (POLAC), Wudil, Kano State.
The panel constituted on Monday, September 4th is to be chaired by DIG Abiodun Alabi, Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Abuja.
According to a statement issued on Tuesday by ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, IGP Egbetokun gave “a deadline of 4 days for the panel to furnish a comprehensive report detailing its findings and recommendations.”
“Other members of the panel include the AIG Training and Development, AIG Oyeyemi Oyediran; Force Medical Officer, CP Garba Emmanuel Nzukwen; CP Homicide FCID, CP Fom Pam Joseph, psc(+); CP Training POLAC, CP Patrick Edung; representative of the CP Legal as the secretary, and the Principal Staff Officer II to the IGP, ACP Idris Abubakar,” the statement added.
The Police boss also extended his heartfelt condolences and commiserations the family and relations of Sulaiman Jika and the academy community, during this trying time, assuring that he is deeply empathetic to their pains and loss; and that the Force would do the needful to ensure justice is done in the case.
It would be recalled that the Force had, on Sunday, announced the passing Jika, who reportedly succumbed to a brief and unexpected illness.
The late cadet is an indigene of Adamawa State.