Family Protests Over Death Of RRS Police Inspector While On Duty

P.M.EXPRESS reports that the family is suspecting foul play over the death of Inspector Peter, who died in the early hours of Friday,17th May, 2024, at about 2am, while on duty.

The cause of his sudden death was not  disclosed to his family, as his team  withheld valid information leading to his death.

The late Inspector Sunday Peter and his team members were on patrol along Falomo Ikoyi area of Lagos when he started complaining of uneasiness and asked to be taken to a Police medical facility.

After he was taken to the Police hospital at Falomo Ikoyi, a deposit of N100,000 was demanded to be paid before the  Doctors will attended to him. Sadly, he died because of delay in paying the deposit as demanded by doctors because his colleagues had no money to deposit for his treatment

The brother of the deceased, Mr. John Peter, narrated that he was called at about 7am in the morning of Friday, 17th May, 2024, that his brother was dead, which he did not believe because his brother was healthy before he went to work.

Mr. John Peter explained that he went to the mortuary to see the corpse but he was refused entry by the mortuary attendants, who seemed to be under instruction to conceal the body of the deceased from family members.

He said that the restriction caused by the mortuary attendants, which lasted for over 13 hours, made the family to become suspicious of what actually killed him because the attendants were making demands for documentation before he will see the deceased.

However, after much persuasions, he was allowed to see the corpse and he noticed another foul play as his brother was wrapped from the neck down, leaving only the face for recognition. It seemed absurd to Mr. John that he was not allowed to have a proper assessment of the corpse despite proof of relativity.

Meanwhile, Mr. John Peter had earlier visited the office of RRS Commander Lagos to obtain information about the sudden death of his brother while on duty but met with stiff restricted information.

 The Commander claimed he has not gotten substantial information as to the cause of the Inspector’s death, as only the information given by his team members, which is subject to an investigation, was available at that point.

The Commander also gave an order for Mr. John to be allowed to see the corpse of his brother after hours of resistance by the mortuary attendants. He said the countenance of the Commander showed there was more to the incident than the information given so far.

The family of the deceased officer is not happy that no clear information on what happened to their brother on that day before he died was available. The family members insisted their brother was healthy before leaving for work. And if ever he felt fatigued or distressed, there would have been a sign. In addition, they were not comfortable with the manner the Police treated the family, which gave rise to suspicion by deposition and embalment of the corpse without informing the family.

To this effect, the family of the late Inspector Sunday Peter affirmed that the situation leading to the death of their brother remained sketchy. The family is pleading for urgent attention from the office of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, to order the commencement of a thorough investigation to ascertain the true cause of the death of their brother and husband.