Assistant Commissioner of Police slumps, dies on duty

An Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in charge of Administration at Bayelsa State Police Command, ACP Emmanuel Idowu Asufi, has died on duty.

ACP Asufi was said to have collapsed and died at the Police headquarters in Ovom community, Yenagoa, on Tuesday afternoon.

The sudden death of the police chief, an indigene of Ekwani, Delta State, threw the fold of the Bayelsa Police Command into shock.

When journalists visited the police state command on Wednesday, the mood was solemn.

Some of the police personnel, who worked with the deceased, expressed shock over his sudden death.

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“It was shocking. Many of us saw him come into the headquarters smiling and exchanging pleasantries with everyone including the rank and file. But we were shocked when an alarm was raised that he collapsed. They had to rush him to the Federal Medical Centre, where he was confirmed dead,” an officer attached to Operation Puff Adder in Bayelsa told journalists.

The state police spokesman, SP Asinim Butswat, who confirmed the death of ACP Asufi, said it was a sad day for the command. The deceased served as Chief Security Officer to the Bayelsa Government House and Commander of the State Security Outfit, Operation Door Akpor.