The Lagos State police command has arrested a medical practitioner for the death of a former Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Yesterday, February 28 2018, in Igando area, Lagos Mainland.
According to reports gathered by Eyes Of Lagos, the deceased was redeployed to Amuwo Odofin police post.
Late last year, the DPO dislocated his arm during a face-off with some hoodlums.
He was treating the dislocation in a traditional clinic, but the injury did not heal.
Following the severe pains he was having, some of his friends advised him to try orthodox treatment and lodge a complaint to a friend who knows his doctor at Igando.
According to reports, the doctor was said to have given him an injection, of which, the DPO collapsed afterwards and all efforts to revive him proved abortive as he gave up the ghost.
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.
