Detained cop commits suicide in cell

Joy Anyim

A policeman, who was detained at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Panti, at Yaba, Lagos State, has committed suicide in police cell.

It was gathered that the policeman, simply identified as Eze, was attached to Dangote Factory in Lagos.

He was, however, arrested for shooting a young man dead sometime, last week.

Sources at SCIID have it that Eze hanged himself in a secluded part of the cell, in the early hours of Wednesday.

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“It was his cellmates who woke up this morning and saw his dead body that started shouting.

“It was obvious he made sure all his cellmates were asleep before taking the drastic step,” a source said.

Several calls and text messages were put to the phone line of the Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, Elkana Bala, but he did not respond as at the time of filing this report.