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Nigerian Police Inspector Commits Suicide In SCIID Custody To Avoid Trial
Nigerian Police Inspector Commits Suicide At SCIID Custody In Lagos To Avoid Trial
A police officer identified as Okon Essien who was recently arrested for killing a man has killed himself.
The Inspector allegedly killed himself around 1:30am Wednesday at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence (SCIID) in Lagos where he was being detained to avoid trial.
Essien was arrested on January 31 alongside three others- Inspectors Lawrence Adegboye, Olorunloju Olusegun and Sergeant Ovbioghi Joseph over the death of one Stanley Hassan.
Hassan was alleged to have been shot by Essien at the wee hours of January 31, when his team intercepted four suspects at Akodo, along Area 12, Offshore Oil Dangote Refinery Project, Akodo.
Others who were with Hassan were identified as Samson Ugonah, Omachi Godwin and Prosper Okoye.
According to police spokesman Bala Elkana, the Inspector and his team members were being investigated when he allegedly killed himself.
He said:
“While in custody, the Inspector, Okon Essien, allegedly killed himself. His corpse has been deposited at the mortuary for autopsy.
“The Commissioner of Police Lagos (CP Hakeem Odumosu has ordered an indepth investigation into the case. Investigation is ongoing.”
George Inuah
February 5, 2020 at 10:37 PM
Let proper investigation be carried out. We need to know the matter in which he took his life
Metu Nyetu
February 6, 2020 at 5:54 AM
NIGERIA POLICE OFFICERS AND THEIR BRUTALILTY. OFTEN WONDER if they learn their deplorable inhuman attitude in the service, or were they inherently wicked prior to getting the black uniform. A similar case is concurrently going on in Rivers State, where the police tortured one Chima to death by hanging him overnight. When the public cried out, the police denied they tortured the innocent man, and said that he died of high sugar level.
THE CASE IS still hot, and more protests gearing up. With base level of crass unprofessionalism in the Nigeria Police, they still say they are friends. I guess I should hate friends from now.
Metu Nyetu
February 6, 2020 at 5:58 AM
IF I AM sad because of this police officer’s death, it would be because he was the one who murdered himself: he should have faced a merciless firing squad.