A police inspector, Adekunle Ilesanmi Francis, has died from machete cuts inflicted by a junior colleague in Lagos.
Adekunle, who was attached to the Special Protective Unit (SPU), Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, reportedly had an altercation with a sergeant, who has not been named.
It was during this altercation, which turned physical, that the sergeant inflicted machete cuts on his superior.
The duo was said to be living in the same building where the incident occurred.
After the police inspector got the machete cuts, he was rushed to a hospital in Lagos, where he died on Monday, Vanguard reported.
The suspect has been detained at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) Yaba.
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It was learnt that the suspect got drunk over the weekend and returned to his compound in Oke-Odo.
He was said to be terrorising a civilian co-tenant and chasing same with a cutlass when his superior intervened.
Not minding that Adekunle was his superior, the suspect reportedly descended on him, inflicting several machete cuts on his legs and other parts of his body.
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“He drives a fully tinted Toyota Camry car with no plate number. He was reported at the Okeodo, Ile Epo Police Station for his previous actions but nothing was done to call him to order before he perpetrated this evil act.
“I saw Inspector Adekunle this evening on his hospital bed. He was still alive then. Unfortunately, I received a call from his brother, Ojo Adekunle that he just passed on.
“The doctor also confirmed his death. I am using this medium to appeal to the CP Hakeem Odumosu to do the needful and prosecute this killer Sergeant that has been terrorising everyone in the vicinity. This kind of character should not be in the Nigeria Police,” a fellow policeman said.
Meanwhile, spokesman of the state police command, DSP Bala Elkana has confirmed the suspect’s arrest.