The death of a police Cadet, A. S Jika ,100 level Course 9 at the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State, has been blamed on
the Commandant, Assistant Inspector-General, Sadiq Abubakar, over high-handedness and financial mismanagement of feeding allowance of students.
Some cadets alleged that Jika collapsed in the toilet on Saturday for not properly fed for two weeks, saying he was rushed to the Academy’s clinic but not attended to till he died.
According to a cadet who preferred anonymity, “Since the new commandant assumed office, they’ve been providing very bad and inadequate food for us. The boy that died was not up to 20 years old. The boy wouldn’t have died if they’d attended to him. The commandant also ordered the closure of the market and laundry and approved undeserved training exercises during lecture hours.
“Cadets collapse daily here during training due to fatigue, because it’s either they’re starved, malnourished, or both. We’re usually threatened by the commandant and forced to engage in unwarranted training exercises. Also, many cadets have been dismissed on the basis that they fell sick; that’s why many are trying to manage themselves to avoid expulsion from the academy.”
Meanwhile, staff members of the Academy corroborated the cadet’s allegation revealed that part of the money meant for feeding was usually diverted into private pockets by some top officials.
All efforts to speak with the Commandant, AIG Abubakar, proved abortive as none of them picked calls and failed to respond to text messages sent to them.
Jika, hailed from Adamawa State, and was in Computer Department.
Source – The Punch
