FASHOLA GAVE N2MILLON TO FAMILIES OF TWO SOLDIERS KILLED IN LAGOS

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Wednesday gave N2 million to families of two soldiers killed in a road accident in the Lekki area of the state in April.

Meanwhile the deceased soldiers’ families got N 1 million each from the governor. Fashola also gave N500, 000 each to two civilians affected in the accident. The soldiers  Sergeant Abdulmumini Musa and Private Bamidele Ayuba were members of the state Quick Response Squad. They died in the crash which occurred along the Lekki-Ajah Expressway on April 30. The two unnamed civilians were also critically wounded in the crash.

Eyewitness says the Commander, 9 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Ikeja, Brig. Gen. A.S Maikobi, who presented the cheques on behalf of the governor, described the gesture as state government’s little token to the soldiers’ families to cushion the effect of their loss.

He stated that Fashola’s initiative is an incentive that will propel the army to do more in the efforts to secure the state. “We will do our best to bring peace to Lagos State. It will motivate soldiers to put in their best at all time.

The money given to the dead soldiers’ families is not a compensation. It is an insurance cover to their families to cushion the effect of their loss,” the commandant said. Musa’s widow, Margret, hailed the governor’s gesture, saying it was a welcome relief for her family.