A Police Inspector, identified as Maxwell Zabu, has allegedly died by suicide in the early hours of Tuesday at the residence of a former Chairman of Port Harcourt City Local Government Area, Victor Ihunwo.
The incident occurred at Eagle Island in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Zabu was said to be attached to the former local government chairman.
Preliminary reports suggest that the officer died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The matter was initially reported at the Eagle Island Police Post, which is under the jurisdiction of the Azikiwe Police Division in Illabouchi, Mile 2, Diobu.
“It is suspected that the police officer killed himself, but an investigation is ongoing to ascertain what actually transpired,” the spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command told Channels Television.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Olugbenga Adepoju, has directed the immediate transfer of the case to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) in Port Harcourt for further investigation.
