By Correspondent in Abuja.
IGP Usman Alkali Baba.
The Inspector-General of Police,Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered an in-depth investigations into the remote circumstances surrounding the demise of a Police Inspector, Atobaloye Taiye, who was on Quick Intervention Special Duty from Oke-Onigbin Divisional Headquarters, Kwara State, to the Zone 8 Command Headquarters, Lokoja, which covers Kogi and Kwara States.
This is contained in a release by CSP OLUMUYIWA ADEJOBI, the Force Public Relations Officer,Force Headquarters, Abuja and made a copy made available to The Reporters on Saturday.
According to Adejobi, details from the Zonal Headquarters report showed that the inspector was posted on the 1st of April, 2023, reported on the 11th of April and was immediately posted as part of the team manning the main gate of the Zonal Command Headquarters.
The Force Public Relations Officer,Force Headquarters however, added that the deceased failed to report at the duty post and went missing in action for nine (9) days, only to resurface on the 19th of April in a drunken state.
"He was eventually defaulted and detained for absence from duty and drunkenness.
"While on detention, he reportedly took ill and was moved to the Police Clinic, then referred to the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, where he eventually gave up the ghost.
"The Inspector-General of Police while commiserating with the families, friends and loved ones of the deceased, has tasked the Criminal Investigation Department’s Homicide Unit of the Kogi State Command to commence investigations and conduct a postmortem examination on the corpse in order to determine the cause(s) of his death,"he said.
Edited by Dada Ahmed.
29th April, 2023.
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