A serving Assistant Commissioner of Police, (ACP) with the Edo State police command, named Christopher Osakue, has reportedly committed suicide at his residence in Benin city. He was said to have shot himself in his head with his service pistol. The state Commissioner of Police, CP, Haliru Gwandu, confirmed the incident to newsmen weekend in Benin.

Gwandu said that the service pistol which the deceased allegedly used to commit the act was signed for at the Ondo State Police command where he was formally serving before being posted to Edo.

The CP however, described the death as a case of suicide.

The Edo  police boss, disclosed that the deceased, who was in charge of training and development at the state police command after his recent posting from Ondo State, allegedly shot himself in the head with his service pistol in his residence at Upper Sokponba road, Benin city on Wednesday.

It was gathered that the late Osakue, had earlier suffered a partial stroke few years ago and was gradually recovering from it before he took his own life.

Preliminary investigation, showed that the late senior police officer, had sent a woman and a little boy, said to be living with him, on an errand before committing the act.

A neighbour was reported to have heard a gunshot inside the ACP’s residence at about 5pm on the fateful day.

But in spite of the suicide theory, the police said they are still investigating the matter to determine the reason for the suicide or any other extraneous force behind the sad event.