Late CP Akwa Ibom, Ayilara, buried

The Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom Command, Waheed Ayilara, has been laid to rest by his relatives and colleagues amid tears and eulogies on his special style of policing while in active service.

Ayilara was laid to rest in accordance with Islamic rites hours after medical experts at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, pronounced him dead.

The senior police officer died on Thursday at the medical facility where he had gone for surgery to aid him in policing Akwa Ibom State effectively.

Ayilara was declared dead by medical experts at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, where he underwent surgery.

Ayilara’s demise on Thursday came barely six months after his redeployment to Akwa Ibom Command to boost security in the state.

He was a former Deputy Commissioner of Police in the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Lagos. He also acted as Commissioner of Police in Lagos before the present CP, Adegoke Fayoade, took over.