Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan will lobby Cabinet to grant slain prison officer Odinga Wickham’s family $1 million after he was fatally shot during Sunday’s Camp Street Prison jailbreak.
Currently, the sum of $1 million is given to the families of police killed in the line of duty. “Look, we have an ex gratia payment of $1 million to policemen that die in the line of duty and I think a very meritorious case can be made here for prison officer Wickham to be paid that amount that too,” Ramjattan said when asked about benefits for Wickham.
“I will pursue with Cabinet
