A deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Gbolahan Olugbemi, has been found dead in his house in Ogbomosho, Oyo state.
DCP Olugbemi, was serving at the Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department (FCIID), Alagbon, Lagos, reportedly died in his country home, where he had gone for the Easter break.
The senior police officer who gained national fame for his role during the #ENDSARS protest died in a mysterious circumstance.
The incident threw officers attached to the force criminal investigation department (FCID) into mourning but the police through the FCID spokesperson, ASP Aminat Mayegun have vowed to investigate his death, adding that Olugbemi could not have committed suicide as being rumoured.
A police source at FCID said some persons would be invited for questioning over the incident. Among them are those who first saw his corpse.
However, insider sources said the body of the 50-year-old police officer was reportedly found alone in his mansion.
A decorated officer, Olugbemi was a United Nations medalist in Law Enforcement and Administration, he had served as the ADC to the late Oyo State Governor, Alao Akala. He was also DPO at Ilupeju, Area Commander at Ajah in Lagos, and he had earlier served as Personal Assistant to two Lagos State Commissioners of Police, the late CP Young Arebamen and the late DIG Israel Ajao. Olugbemi, who had received training in Terrorism and Counterterrorism in Operations, had received several awards in Nigeria and abroad, and he had been celebrated in the media for several good deeds in the course of his career.
He was a graduate of the University of Lagos and the Olabisi Onabanjo University respectively.
