Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, Waheed Ayilara, is dead.
Ayilara, reportedly died in the early hours of Thursday at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, The Nation Newspaper 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.