Men of the Lagos State Police Command have been plunged into mourning, following the sudden death of the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Langbasa Police Station.
The police chief, James Wakama, was said to have dropped dead in a patrol van, while on incident duty with his policemen.
Langbasa Police Station is located along the Ajah-Lekki axis of Lagos State.
It was gathered that immediately Wakama slumped in the van, his men rushed him to the hospital but he was confirmed dead by doctors on arrival at the hospital.
On the day he died, Wakama received a distress call from an apparently petrified woman at about 2am, claiming that three men were trying to force their way into her flat.
Thinking the men were robbers, Wakama put together a team and raced to the scene.
They were however disappointed when they arrived the scene to discover it a false alarm.
When the policemen angrily challenged the woman, she insisted that she heard the sound of a vehicle and feared the worst.
One of the policemen said that this particular woman had always been in the habit of playing such pranks.
She would make a distress call and whenever policemen reached her, it would be a prank.
The policemen always raced to attend her distress calls, never knowing when she could be in real danger.
The woman is said to be single and seemed to live alone.
When Wakama realized that it was a crank call, he mobilized his men and they boarded the van, intending to head back to their station.
As soon as he sat on the van’s seat, Wakama slumped.
Wakama, is in his 50s, would have retired in two years time from the Nigeria Police Force. He left behind a wife and about four children.
It was also learnt that he had health issues.
One his men said he had been having problem with high blood pressure.
Most policemen across the globe, but especially in Nigeria, are often faced with a lot of stress, which come with the job.
Many of them work round the clock and hardly ever have off duty.
Even their off-duty comes with other police duties.
Policemen deny themselves good rest and sleep, just to meet up with the job.
The ratio of policemen to citizens in Nigeria is considered one of worst in the world
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