David Akinremi, The Ogun State Commander of the Amotekun Corps, is dead. Akinremi, a retired Commissioner of Police, was said to have died on Monday evening.
He was appointed in 2021 by Governor Dapo Abiodun as the pioneer Commander of the newly established Amotekun Corps.
Sources diclosed that Akinremi had been nursing an undisclosed ailment for quite some time until he breathed his last on Monday.
Soji Ganzallo, the Commander of the Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, also known as So-Safe Corps, confirmed his death. He described Akinremi’s death as a rude shock.
The Director of Information and Public Relations of the Corps, Assistant Commander Moruf Yusuf, said that the death of CP Akinremi (retd.) is indeed a very big loss to Ogun State.
Ganzallo noted that until the commander’s last breath, he believed Ogun State would stand out among states in the country, security and safety-wise.
Ganzallo described Akinremi “ As man of integrity, who had passion for the security job, with his love for Ogun State and Nigeria at large.”
