Etim Effiong
The Cross River State Commissioner of Police, Mr Jimoh Ibrahim has died of pneumonia complications at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH on Friday.
A source close to the man, Mr Rasheed Olariwaju told the AIT reporter in Cross River that the man was rushed to the UCTH on Friday morning, where he died.
“Nobody should tell you he died of COVID-19; the doctors said he died of pneumonia”.
He said as a Muslim, plans are afoot to take his body to Kwara State, where he hailed, for Muslim rites and subsequent burial.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Cross River State Command, Ms Irene Ugbo, did not answer calls made into her telephone but another police source said the man was diabetic and had complained of not feeling well for some time.
“They have told us to report today at State Police Command headquarters at 3 pm for solidarity with him as he is to be given an award of excellent services, but nobody told us he is dead” he source said.