The Inspector General of Police, Idris Ibrahim has sent a condolence message to the family of late Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Francis Mobolaji Odesanya. In a statement issued from the Force Headquarters and signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Jimoh O. Moshood, the IGP also commiserate with the government and people of Ogun State, the home of the deceased Commissioner.
The state reads in part, “the Inspector General of Police and his management team, on behalf of the entire officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force wishes to commiserate with the ODESANYA family of Ikenne Town, Ogun State, the Government and good people of Ogun State on the demise and passage unto glory of their illustrious son, CP. Francis Mobolaji Odesanya.”
IGP Idris also prayed for the perfect repose of the deceased and asked Almighty God to “grant his family, the Government and good people of Ogun State the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss”.
Meanwhile, a condolence register has been opened at the reception of the Force Headquarters and Rivers State Police Command headquarters, Port Harcourt for the personnel of the Force and members of the public to append their condolence messages.
The police authority, however, said “burial arrangements will be announced after consultation with the family”.
DAILY POST recalls, that Commissioner Odesanya was enlisted into the Police Force on the 1st February, 1986 as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police and rose through the rank.
He served as Deputy Commissioner of Police Department of Operations and that of Finance and Administration in Rivers State before he was promoted and posted as Commissioner of Police, Rivers State Police Command, on the 20th July, 2016; the position he held until his sudden demise on 31st January 2017, after a brief illness at Sterling Hospital Ahmedabad-Gujarat in India. He was aged 56!
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