Akwa Ibom police commissioner Ayilara is dead

Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, Waheed Ayilara, is dead.

Ayilara, it was gathered, died in the early hours of Thursday at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, The Nation reported.

Sources close to the family told The Nation he underwent prostate cancer surgery on Wednesday before he died hours later.

“We are very sad to inform you that our friend, brother, and family, the Commissioner of Police for Akwa Ibom State, Waheed Ayilara, is dead,” the family was quoted as saying.

A top police officer in Akwa Ibom State, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak on the matter, also confirmed the CP’s death.

Efforts made by reporters to independently verify this from the Lagos State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, were futile Thursday morning as calls to his line rang out.

In November 2023, as a DCP, Ayilara was unveiled as the acting Commissioner of Police in Lagos.