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Area Commander in charge of Area K Police Command in Lagos, Morogbo, Mr. Osung Ekpo, an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) on Sunday died mysteriously while swimming in an undisclosed hotel in Ajah area of the city.
A Police source told The Guardian that the incident ‘was the worst valentine gift for the police’.
It was gathered that Ekpo who was in company of his friends, had gone to celebrate St Valentine’s Day when he decided to swim and was drowned.
Eye witnesses said that he was rescued from the pool but died in hospital afterwards.
But Lagos State Police spokesperson, Dolapo Badmos, a Superintendent of Police told the newspaper that the ACP had gone for a swimming exercise when the sad incident occurred.
Her words: “Yes, we lost ACP Ekpo, the Area Commander, Area K Command. He was exercising in a swimming pool when he died. I am preparing a press release, which I would send to you soon. “