Lagos State police command has arrested a medical practitioner for the death of a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in the state. According to reports, the deceased, a former DPO in Igando area of the state, was redeployed to Amuwo Odofin police post. Late last year, the DPO was injured in his arm during a face-off with some hoodlums. He was said to be treating the dislocation in a traditional clinic, but the wound did not heal.
Following the severe pains he was having, some of his friends advised him to try orthodox treatment and he was said to have taken the ailment to his medical doctor friend at Igando. The doctor was reported to have given him injection, following which, the DPO collapsed and all efforts to revive him proved abortive as he died.
A senior police officer at the Igando police station where the doctor is being detained said: “We are investigating to find out if the doctor gave him the right medication. We also want to find out if the doctor is qualified. The DPO went to the hospital on his own, it was not as if he was rushed to the hospital.”