On Saturday, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Shafi’u Usman Bawa, a police officer with AP/No 337979, killed himself by hanging himself from the ceiling in Kontagora town, Niger State.
Mr. Usman Bawa, the deceased’s father and a resident of Kontagora’s Rigasa neighborhood, informed the police about the occurrence.
Medical professional verified the officer’s death after the motionless body was brought to the General Hospital Kontagora and the body was given to the family so that it may be buried according to Islamic customs.
Investigations are underway into the incident, and updates will be shared.
Just few days IREPORT247NEW reported that a police constable with the Nasarawa State Command’s Mada Station Division named Dogara Akolo-Moses committed suicide while he was on duty in the Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Area.
According to a witness, the officer shot himself after entering a private area.
Other on-duty cops were alerted by the gunshot and hurried to the scene, where they discovered him lying in a pool of blood.