SO SAD: Police Officer Found Dead In His Car After Failing To Get Promotion

There was shock at the Police Training School on Oba Akinjobi Way in the Ikeja area of Lagos on Tuesday when policemen and shop owners found a corporal lying dead in his car.

The corporal, Elias Agi, who was suspected to have died of drug overdose, was found dead around 7.30am in his blue Volkswagen Passat car.

Corporal Agi, who was attached to the Safer Highway Patrol, Lagos State Police Command, had been one of the officers undergoing the corporal-to-sergeant promotion course at the school.

The promotion is divided into two parts: an examination section and an interview...

According to PUNCH, the deceased was said to have sat for the examination and passed. However, the policeman was said to have missed the interview with the Police Assessment Committee because Badagry, where he lived, is far away from Ikeja where the interview should have taken place.

It was learnt that Cop. Agi, having failed to meet the full requirement for promotion, became sad when he discovered that the exercise had ended for the year.

He was said to have returned to his car, reclined on the driver’s seat and ingested the drug.

Agi’s corpse had been deposited at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital’s morgue for an autopsy.

Sources say it is likely the shock of missing the assessment for his promotion might have forced the corporal to use drugs when he returned to his car, leading to his death.

A security man, who witnessed the incident, said the gates were locked temporarily to prevent people from entering to see the corporal’s corpse.

He said, “He had got to the school on Monday afternoon, but we found him dead around 7.30am today (Tuesday). He had just finished the promotional course to become a sergeant and passed. He was to appear before a promotion committee for the final assessment, but he came late for the exercise.

“Minutes later, he sat inside the car and then took some drugs. After a few minutes, he stretched on the driver’s seat and that was the end. We got to know when people started gathering to look at him. We had to lock the gates to prevent more crowds from pouring in.”

Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Joe Offor, confirmed Agi’s death.