Tragedy struck the
Nigeria Police Force community on Valentine’s Day as the Area Commander in
charge of Area K Police Command, Morogbo, Mr. Osung Ekpo, an Assistant
Commissioner of Police (ACP) dies mysteriously while swimming in an undisclosed
hotel in the city.
A
Police source told The Guardian that the incident ‘was the worst valentine gift
for the police’. The
Area Commander allegedly died in a swimming pool at a popular hotel in the Ajah
area of Lagos.
The
Guardian gathered that Ekpo who was in company of his friends, had gone to
celebrate St Valentine’s Day when he decided to swim and was drowned.
Eye
witnesses said that he was rescued from the pool and was taken to the hospital
but died few minutes later.
But
Lagos State Police spokesperson, Dolapo Badmos, a Superintendent of Police told
The Guardian that the ACP had gone for a swimming exercise when the sad
incident occurred.
Her
words: “Yes, we lost ACP Ekpo, the Area Commander, Area K Command. He was
exercising in a swimming pool when he died. I am preparing a press release,
which I would send to you soon”.
- Guardian News
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