The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 9, AIG Kanayo Uzuegbu, is dead.
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, announced this after the Labour Party primaries on Saturday.
Otti revealed that Uzuegbu died of cancer-related complications, stating, “We struggled to save his life, and we sent him to Enugu for treatment. I was just informed that he should be transferred back to the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia.”
He said the Commissioner of Police in Abia State, Danladi Isa, later confirmed the death after efforts by the state to save his life.
The governor, who described the late AIG as a good man, regretted his death and directed that a minute of silence be observed in his honour.
Uzuegbu resumed duty as AIG of Zone 9 last year.
Reacting, former governors of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu and Theodore Orji, extended their condolences to the Nigeria Police Force and the
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