BREAKING: Akwa Ibom CP Waheed Ayilara Is Dead, Details Emerge
- The Akwa Ibom state police command has been thrown in to mourning following the death of their boss
- The state Commissioner of Police, Waheed Ayilara, died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja
- Ayilara was said to have passed on after undergoing prostate cancer surgery on Wednesday, August 28
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Ikeja, Lagos state - The Akwa Ibom commissioner of Police, Waheed Ayilara, has passed on at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja.
Ayilara underwent prostate cancer surgery on Wednesday before he died in the early hours of Thursday, August 29.
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According to The Nation, sources close to the family disclosed this to the newspaper house.
” We are very sad to inform you that our friend, brother, and family, the Commissioner of Police for Akwa Ibom State, Waheed Ayilara is dead,”
A top police officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, also confirmed CP Ayilara's death, The Punch reports.
The police officer did not disclose his name because he was not authorised to speak on the matter.
DCP, Ayilara was unveiled as the acting Commissioner of Police in Lagos in November 2023. He was in charge of the State Criminal Investigation department, after taking over from AIG Idowu Owohunwa.
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, deployed Ayilara to head Akwa Ibom state command in February 2024.
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Former commissioner of police dies
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that Fatai Adio Shittu, popular for his time as commissioner of police, Zamfara state command, died on Friday, November 17, 2023.
Egbetokun, on behalf of the entire Nigeria Police Force, expressed 'heartfelt sympathy'.
Born on August 23, 1950, in Offa, Kwara state, late CP Shittu studied at Offa Grammar School and Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria.
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