Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has awarded scholarship to seven children of Sgt. Chukwudi Iboko who died in a shootout with armed robbers.

Its Managing Director, Nsima Ekere, said this in Port Harcourt while donating one million naira to the family of the deceased.

Iboko had demonstrated uncommon courage in foiling a robbery attack at a branch of the Zenith bank in Owerri in 2017.

The slain officer’s heroic exploits were captured by a Close Circuit Television that went viral at the time.

Iboko was on Saturday also honoured as the “Nigerian Hero of the Year’’ in an award ceremony organised by the Sun Newspaper in Lagos.