The Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom Command, Waheed Ayilara, has been pronounced dead by medical experts after undergoing surgery in a public Lagos hospital.
Ayilara was pronounced dead by medical experts at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja where he undergo the surgery.
Ayilara’s demise on Thursday came barely six months after his redeployment to Akwa Ibom Command to boost security in the state.
Close friends and colleagues have confirmed the sad development to The Guild, even though the Nigerian Police Force is yet to confirm demise of the senior police officer.
The friends and colleagues narrated that the senior police officer passed on at about 4am, minutes after undergoing the surgery which was expected to aid his effectiveness in office.
The sources added that the surgery was successful but suddenly, other complications raised and he passed on.
It was learnt that the drugs were expected to ease pains of the surgery but later resulted in his death.
They described the late Ayilara as a devoted Muslim who would missed for his warm reception.
He was hale and hearty over the week when he attended the wedding ceremony of the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Kayode Egbetokun’s daughter on Saturday and the pulling out ceremony for retired AIG Yetunde Longe at the Police College in Ikeja on Tuesday.
The departed Police chief held a Bachelor of Law, LL.B (Hons) from the University of Ibadan, a Barrister at Law, BL from the Nigeria Law School, Lagos and a Master of Law (LLM) from the University of Lagos.
He was appointed into the Police Force as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police on 18th of May, 1992 and had served as Assistant Commissioner of Police, Police Mobile Force Office, Force Headquarters, Abuja, Deputy Commissioner of Police Operations, Oyo State Command, Deputy Commissioner of Police, State Criminal and Investigations Department, Panti, Lagos and Acting Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command.
