Lawan Tanko Jimeta, the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 5, which includes the states of Edo, Delta, and Bayelsa, has passed away.
After a brief illness, he died Sunday morning at the Benin Teaching Hospital in Edo State.
This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, SP Ahmed Wakil, in a terse Whatsapp message on Sunday.
He said: “Inna Lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji’un. With a heavy heart but total submission to the will of Almighty Allah, I wish to announce the death of A.I.G Lawan Tanko Jimeta
“He died at the Teaching Hospital, Benin Edo State, this morning after a brief Illness.
“To Allah, we belong and to him, we shall return, a real departure of a Godly man.
“May he give the families the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss, amin.”