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Assistant Commissioner of Police commits suicide in Edo
An Assistant Commissioner of Police, identified as one Christopher Osakue, has reportedly committed suicide in Benin, the Edo State capital.
It was gathered that the late Osakue allegedly shot himself in the head with his service pistol in his residence located on Upper Sokponba on Wednesday.
The deceased was said to have sent a woman and a little boy, said to be living with him, on an errand before killing himself.
It was also learnt that he did not leave any suicide note behind.
The late police officer was said to be in charge of training and development at the state police command after his recent posting from Ondo State.
It was gathered that the ACP had earlier suffered a partial stroke a few years back and was gradually recovering from it before the incident occurred.
A source in the area disclosed that a gunshot from the residence of the deceased was heard at about 5pm on December 28.
Punch, December 31st
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