Ebonyi State Police Command Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Ogbon-Inu Taiwo Popoola, has reportedly died after he slumped during a management meeting at the office of the Commissioner of Police on Tuesday.
He was immediately rushed to the Police Medical Centre at the command’s Headquarters in Abakaliki. Despite all efforts, however, he was confirmed dead by doctors.
Preliminary medical findings indicated that the cause of death was cardiac arrest, secondary to hypertensive heart disease.
The Command’s spokesperson, Joshua Ukandu, confirmed the death on Thursday.
He said, “He had a crisis during a meeting and was rushed to the hospital. Unfortunately, he didn’t survive. He was not sick before the incident. If he were sick, he wouldn’t have attended the meeting”
