IGP Issues Order On The Alleged Death Of Senator Jika's Son Inside Police Academy

ALL FACTS NEWSPAPER (AFNEWS) had reported that a cadet of Course Nine at POLAC, A.S. Jika died on Friday with some of his colleagues attributing his death to negligence on the part of the academy's management.

A statement issued on Tuesday, by ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer,
said the IGP has set up a panel of inquiry which would be headed by the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Abuja, DIG Abiodun Alabi, and the panel are expected to send in their report within four days.

The statement read;

In response to the tragic incident at the Nigeria Police Academy (POLAC), Wudil, Kano State, where a promising young cadet, Sulaiman Jika, lost his life, on Friday, 1st of September, 2023, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) has set up a 7-man Panel of Inquiry on Monday 4th September, 2023, headed by the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Abuja, DIG Abiodun Alabi, fdc, with a mandate to conduct a thorough and impartial investigation into the circumstances surrounding the cadet's death.

The IGP has set 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.

Furthermore, the IGP extends his heartfelt condolences and commiserations to 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.