57-Yr-Old Police Officer Dies Of Coronavirus In Edo

A Deputy Commissioner of Police attached to the Zone 5 headquarters in Benin, Edo State, Francis Bissong,  has died of COVID-19.
It was gathered from the Edo State Police Command that Bissong, a lawyer from Cross River State, fell ill on April 14.
The state Commissioner of Police, Lawan Jimeta, confirmed Bissong’s death to newsmen but said contrary to social media reports, Bissong was in Zone 5 headquarters and not in the state command.
He stated: “Yes, he died yesterday (Tuesday) and that was very unfortunate but he was not in the state command, he was in Zone 5 headquarters in Benin.”
Following the death of the police officer, the Zone 5 headquarters has been thrown into mourning.
“We are in a mourning mood right now”, a police source said last Wednesday, describing the late deputy commissioner of police as “a man vast in knowledge”.