Segun Atanda/
A Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) who was celebrated for his management of the ENDSARS protest at Lekki-Ajah area has died today in mysterious circumstances, inside sources told NewsmakersNG.
Fifty-year-old DCP Gbolahan Mohammed Olugbemi, who was serving at the Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department (FCIID), Alagbon, reportedly died in his country home at Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́, Oyo State, where he had gone for the Easter break.
NewsmakersNG learnt from neighbours account that Olugbemi died in circumstances suspected to be suicide by hanging. His body was reportedly found alone in the mansion. Police authorities are yet to disclose their findings.
A United Nations medalist in Law Enforcement and Administration, Olugbemi had served as the ADC to the late Oyo State Governor, Alao Akala. He was DPO at Ilupeju, Area Commander at Ajah in Lagos, and he had served as Personal Assistant to two Lagos State Commissioners of Police, the late CP Young Arebamen and the late DIG Israel Ajao.
Olugbemi, who had received training in Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Operations, had received several awards in Nigeria and abroad, and he had been celebrated in the media for several good deeds in the course of his career.
Olugbemi was a graduate of the University of Lagos and the Olabisi Onabanjo University (Philosophy, 1995).
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