It has been reported that Wale Akinlotan, a police constable attached to the Lagos State Police Command, Ilupeju division has slumped and died while on duty.
Akinlotan, slumped on Monday while at his station in Ilupeju, where he served as the orderly to the DPO.
The cause of Akinlotan’s death is yet unknown, it was however gathered that he was 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 our correspondent.
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.”
Akinlotan has since been buried at a cemetery in Lagos State.
Before his death, Akinlotan, a graduate of Mass Communication from the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic enrolled into the Nigeria Police Force in 2018 and once served at the Lagos Police Public Relations Office, as one of its media men.
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