A Police Constable attached to the Lagos State Police Command, Wale Akinlotan, has slumped and died while on duty at the Ilupeju police station.
According to media reports, the policeman enrolled into the Nigeria Police Force in 2018 and has once served at the Lagos Police Public Relations Office, as one of its media men. Akinlotan, however, slumped on Monday while at his station in Ilupeju, where he served as the orderly to the DPO.
Although the cause of Akinlotan’s death is yet unknown, the publication gathered that the young man was just recovering from injuries sustained from a bite by a suspect. The deceased had reportedly assisted in apprehending the suspect who tried to escape from police custody.
“In the course of capturing the suspect, he bit Wale on his shoulder, his fingers and others,” a source told newsmen.
Wale himself had posted videos of the injuries sustained during the incident on Tiktok on October 19 saying, “Job hazard. Thank God for life, Human bite is worse than scorpion/snake venom.”
The policeman has since been buried at a cemetery in Lagos State.
