By Abimbola Ogunnaike
The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that a 15-year old son of a senior police officer attached to the Lagos Police Command lost his life during a fire outbreak at Falamo Police Barracks in Ikoyi, Lagos.
The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the tragic incident on Friday, 3 March, 2023 through a press statement made available to thegazellenews.com.
Hundeyin said the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Ikoyi, got information about the incident, adding that the DPO was informed that on Tuesday, 28 February, 2023, about 9.00 p.m., fire gutted Room 24, Block 1 of ASP Godspower David, attached to Bar Beach Police Division, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The image maker said that based on the report, emergency responders were mobilised to the scene for rescue operation.
“The teams successfully put out the fire, however, during evacuation of the debris, corpse of one Emmanuel Godspower David, aged 15 years, the son of the officer consumed by the inferno, was found.The corpse has been evacuated to a public morgue for autopsy, while investigation is in progress,” he said.
Meanwhile, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Idowu Owohunwa, on Thursday, 2 March, 2023 visited the bereaved officer at Falomo Police Barracks with the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Operations, Mr Isa Grema, to express their condolences.
Owohunwa, who was received by the officer and wife, said he got the information on Wednesday, 1 March, 2023 with sadness and decided to visit them in person due to the great loss.
The CP, who said he was pained about the human casualty from the fire, prayed that God should comfort the bereaved family and donated N500,000 to take care of their immediate expenses.
