Police College Ikeja – The True Story about the Rumored Eviction

The widow was not ejected out of Police College Barracks and neither was she asked to leave within three days as erroneously claimed.
Contrary to the sensational news going on in the medía, a team of Watchdogplus media reporters were at the Police College on the 6th day of December, 2019 to know the true state of the matter.
Various Policemen who preferred to be anonymous, as they were not allowed to speak to the Press, were interviewed. Contrary to what was reported on the 5th day of December, 2019 this is the true version of the story.
The widow was not asked to leave the barracks.
The Policemen said it is normal that when a Policeman who lives in the barracks dies, his place is allocated to another person as death does not translate to inheritance.
The new allottee had to show himself to the widow, as is the procedure, so that she knows who is to handed over the keys before she leaves: This is to also prevent a situation where many others would start approaching her, disturbing her to sublet the house to them. These others could be from other Police Formations like the State Command, FHQ, PMF 2, PMF 22, Airport Command, Airwing Command and many others. They stated further that the barracks in question belong to Police College, the officer who died is from Police College and the new officer authorised to take up the place when the family of the deceased leaves is also from Police College. This procedure helps the Police College to retain ownership of her barracks and for proper documentation. According to all those interviewed, the Police has done the normal thing based on the Police Acts and Regulations. They even revealed that if the Police were to do the right thing, she would have been ejected as it was also found out that she had rented the kitchen of her apartment out to a civilian who resides there presently