Police boss slumps, dies in Ebonyi

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An Assistant Commissioner of Police, Ogbon-Inu Taiwo Popoola, has died in Ebonyi State.

A police source said the incident occurred around 11 am on Tuesday while he was attending a management meeting at the command headquarters in Abakaliki.

PUNCH Online reports that until his sudden death, Popoola was the officer in charge of the State Intelligence Department.

According to the source, he suddenly developed breathing difficulties and began gasping for air during the meeting.

“He was immediately rushed to the Police Medical Centre at the Police Headquarters in Abakaliki, where he was promptly attended to by medical personnel,” the source added.

Despite efforts to resuscitate him, he was confirmed dead by doctors.

Preliminary medical findings indicated that the cause of death was cardiac arrest related to hypertensive heart disease. Punch