Nigeria: Again, Police Service Commission Loses Another Ex-Chairman Osayande

28 September 2025
Leadership (Abuja)
By Leadership News

Barely one month after the death of a former chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), IGP Solomon Arase (rtd), another former chairman of the Commission, DIG Parry Osayande (rtd), has died.

PSC spokesperson, Ikechukwu Ani, announced in a statement that DIG Osayande died early Sunday in Benin City, Edo State.

LEADERSHIP reports that former IGP Arase was buried in Benin City on Saturday.

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DIG Osayande succeeded Chief Simon Okeke, who was the pioneer chairman of the commission. Osayande was appointed in April 2008 by President Goodluck Jonathan.

His tenure marked rapid growth of the Commission, including the presidential approval for a corporate headquarters for the commission now standing in the Jabi District of Abuja.

The PSC described Osayande "as an erudite and consummate police officer who paid his dues as an exemplary police officer and visionary chairman of the commission.

"DIG Osayande was fearless, focused, and had a commanding presence, which gave the commission, a lot of mileage during its formative period."

Meanwhile, incumbent chairman of the commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu (rtd), has described the death of DIG Osayande as a great loss for the commission.

He called on Nigerians to remember the commission in their prayers in this trying period of losing two of its former chairmen within a month.

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