By Joyce Onuora, Abakaliki
Senior Police Officer, Ogbon-Inu Taiwo Popoola, has slumped and died during a meeting in Ebonyi State, to Nigeria’s South-east.
The deceased officer, Mr Popoola, is an assistant commissioner of police in charge of the State Intelligence Department in Ebonyi.
Information gathered that the police chief died At about 10:30 a.m. yesterday during their meeting.
The incident happened at the office of the Ebonyi State commissioner of police in Abakaliki, the state capital.
Sources said that while at the meeting, Mr Popoola suddenly developed breathing difficulty and later slumped.
He was immediately rushed to the Police Medical Centre at the Police Headquarters, Abakaliki, where he was promptly attended to by some medical personnel on duty.
Meanwhile, all efforts to resuscitate him, the officer was subsequently confirmed dead by medical doctors on duty.
However, the body of the deceased officer has been deposited at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital mortuary in Abakaliki.
According to the police spokesperson in Ebonyi State, Joshua Ukandu, confirmed Mr Popoola’s Death
Mr Ukandu, a superintendent of police, said the deceased officer had a crisis during the meeting and was rushed to a hospital immediately.
“Unfortunately he didn’t survive. He was not sick before the incident. If he was sick he wouldn’t have attended the meeting,” he said.
The spokesperson described Mr Popoola as a “dedicated officer”, who served the Nigeria Police Force with “commitment and professionalism.”
He said the commissioner of police in Ebonyi State and the state police command have commiserated with the family of the deceased officer.
