Retired Deputy Inspector Normal of Police, Parry Osayande, has handed away.
Osayande, a former chairman of the Police Service Fee (PSC), died yesterday in Benin Metropolis, a day earlier than his 89th birthday.
His loss of life was confirmed in a condolence assertion issued by the President of the Immaculate Conception Faculty Outdated Boys’ Affiliation (ICCOBA), Mr Ighodalo Edetanlen.
The announcement, made on behalf of the affiliation’s Nationwide Govt Committee, described Osayande as an “exemplary previous boy” of the school, situated in Benin Metropolis, the Edo State capital.
The assertion, titled “Condolence: DIG Parry Osayande (rtd),” reads: “The President, ICCOBA Worldwide, Ighodalo Edetanlen, on behalf of the Nationwide Govt Committee and your complete Outdated Boys of Immaculate Conception Faculty, Benin Metropolis, announce, with whole submission to the need of God, the peaceable repose of an exemplary previous boy, DIG Parry Benjamin Osemwegie Osayande (rtd), earlier immediately on the age of 88 years.”
Born on September 29, 1936, Osayande would have turned 89 immediately. His decades-long profession within the Nigeria Police Drive included senior postings as Commissioner of Police in Benue and Cross River States. He additionally served as Chairman of the Police Service Fee (PSC), the place he performed a major position in legislation enforcement and administrative reform.
The affiliation expressed deep sorrow over his passing and referred to as for prayers for the bereaved household. “Whereas we mourn, allow us to additionally uphold the household he left behind in prayers on this second of grief,” the assertion added.
Particulars concerning funeral preparations are anticipated to be introduced in the end. “Might God grant him and all of the devoted departed everlasting relaxation, in Jesus’ Identify. Amen,” the assertion concluded.