Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Corporal commits suicide for missing promotional exam

A corporal waiting to be promoted to the rank of sergeant has committed suicide at the Police Training School, Ikeja, Lagos. 
The 40-year-old corporal, Agi Elias, reportedly took his life because he missed the promotional examination. 

It was gathered that Elias, attached to Safer High Way Patrol, Lagos, committed suicide about 8pm after he missed an assessment examination held at the college.
The corporal, who was part of those undergoing training at the college, was held in traffic on his way back from Badagry when he missed the assessment examination. 
When he got to the college and found out that the assessment conducted by the commissioner had ended, he pleaded with the officers in charge who refused to listen to him.
 A source said Elias called his wife that he would not be returning home again; and that she should come to the college to pick his body. “The wife received phone call this (yesterday) morning that her husband had died,” the source added.
When our correspondent got to the college, his wife, family members and friends were weeping profusely, when his body was removed from his car. 
One of his course mates, who gave his name as Sanni, said they had been at college since Friday for the training. He said:
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