Police Man Dies In Police Cell For Abandoning Duty Post, He Was Detained For Him To Recover From Drunkenness-Police
Inspector Taiye Atobiloye with service number 232980, and attached to the Kwara State Police Command is dead. He died in police detention cell at the D' Division of the Kogi State Police Command, while serving courtroom punishment for running away from his duty post after two days.
Inspector Taiye Atobiloye with service number 232980, and attached to the Kwara State Police Command is dead.
He died in police detention cell at the D' Division of the Kogi State Police Command, while serving courtroom punishment for running away from his duty post after two days.
It was gathered that the deceased was detained for abandoning his duty post for two days at the Zone 8 Command, Lokoja, Kogi State.
The late Atobiloye, was serving at the Oke Onigbin Division in Kwara state, and was on one month special duty, titled "Quick Intervention" at the Zone 8 Command, before his untimely death.
A source claimed that after he resumed duty at Lokoja, after two days absence from duty, he was later found and arrested by the Command.
The Police authority ordered the detention of Atobiloye in a cell to serve as a punishment for absconding from his duty station without permission, leading to his detention by the police for eight days under alleged poor condition, which could have caused his avoidable death.
“What happened was that every month, the Zone 8 Command usually picks policemen from every division and posts them for special duty for a month in Zone 8 Command, Lokoja, and after one month, the policemen will return home.
“So, Atobiloye, who was attached to the Oke Onigbin Division, was part of the policemen posted to the Zone 8 Command, Lokoja, but when he resumed, he didn’t come for work for two days and was punished by being detained in a cell for about eight days.
“It was when policemen checked on him in the cell that they realised he had slumped and died in the cell. At the cell he was detained, only offending policemen are usually detained there, so it is likely he was alone in the cell.” A Police source stated.
A relative of the deceased cop, Femi Igbekele, on his Facebook page, decried the condition over which led to the circumstances that claimed Atobiloye’s life.
He explained that efforts were made by his family members, including his wife, to contact him on the phone after he left for special duty wasnt successful till the news of his death.
"AP No 232980 Inspector Taiye Atobiloye, serving at Kwara State Command, attached to the Oke Onigbin Division was sent to Lokoja Zone 8 on special duty called Quick Intervention.
“For the past eight days, all family members were calling him but no response from his phone number as the phone was ringing but nobody picked, likewise his wife called him and nobody picked (up) the call until the information reached the family that he was detained at the D (Division) Lokoja, and died in the cell.” He posted on Facebook.
Reacting to the death of the cop, Spokesperson for the Zone 8 Command, Ruth Awi, confirmed the death of the police officer, adding that Atobiloye reported for special duty at the command, and later disappeared from his duty station, and was nowhere to be found for two days until policemen found him drunk.
According to her, the cop was detained for him to get himself, adding that he died in custody.
"He was not detained at the Zonal Headquarters, he was detained at the D' Division in Lokoja." She explained.
According to police, the deceased reported at the Zonal Headquarters and later disappeared, adding that there are punishments for people who abscond from duty without any excuse.
She said in the late Atobiloye's case, he did not only stay away from work, he was drunk when he was found.
“For the effect of the drink to be cleared, the boss said he should stay in the cell for two days until he is fit for interrogation to explain where he went to and where he was coming from. So, he was detained at the D Division for about two or three days after which the news came to us that he gave up.” She said.
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