Death of Inspector: Neighbours arrested for not separating fighting couple

Following the death of Inspector Danjuma Daniel who died after his wife pushed off the balcony in their police barrack; some police yesterday stormed the barrack and arrested neighbours of the couple.

According to a police source, the neighbours were arrested for failing to intervene while the late Daniel and his wife were fighting.

On Thursday, the couple got into a fight at their Ijeh Police Barracks, Obalende, Lagos State.
The couple, who was said to have a penchant for fighting, was said to have fallen off the balcony off their two storey building home, leading to the death of the husband.


A police source who was angered by the shocking death of the inspector said: “The police authority quickly ordered the arrest of all adults’ in the barracks for failing to stop the fight and make peace between the husband and wife before it degenerated to a fight. The police authourity also want to use the neighbours to get to the root of the fight which led to the death of the inspector.” A resident in the barracks said: “We don’t know the cause of the fight yet. But the late Inspector and his wife used to fight always. It was nothing new anymore.”
According to her, people living in the barracks were being arrested for failing to intervene when the couple was fighting. She alleged that the directive was from the police top hierarchy.

Although initial reports says that the Inspector fell from the balcony, but some residents who wish to remain anonymous are alleging that in the heat of the scuffle, the angry mother of three, pushed her husband off the balcony.
“Immediately the man fell, the wife started screaming. As she was rushing down the stairs to go to her husband, she fell down and fractured her leg,” said another resident.
The woman was later rushed to a hospital.
Before the residents could bring a vehicle to move the inspector to a hospital, he died.
Most of the residents were said to have broken down and wept after they observed that the man was dead.