{"id":155401,"date":"2025-03-16T22:06:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T21:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death"},"modified":"2025-03-31T18:28:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T17:28:20","slug":"nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria police officer shoots self to death"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A police officer, Inspector Ajele Oloyede, attached to the Ogun State Police Command, has reportedly taken his own life.<\/p>\n

The incident was said to have occurred during a special duty assignment at Goodwill Ceramic Company in Igbesa, Ado-Odo\/Ota Local Government Area of the state.<\/p>\n

The command\u2019s spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the development in a statement, adding that an investigation has been launched into the tragic death of Inspector Oloyede, who was attached to 78 PMF, Zamfara State.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe incident occurred on 14 March 2025 at about 13:20 hours. According to preliminary reports, Tolorunloju Stephen, an officer attached to Force Headquarters Annex, Lagos, who was also on special duty at the company, stated that he had just returned from Ikeja when he entered the security office and found Inspector Oloyede resting his head on a table. After exchanging pleasantries and briefly inquiring about his well-being, Oloyede responded positively.<\/p>\n

\u201cShortly after, Stephen proceeded to the restroom, but moments later, he heard a gunshot. Rushing back, he found Inspector Oloyede lying in a pool of blood.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the assistance of private security personnel, the injured officer was immediately rushed to Ota General Hospital, where he was confirmed dead by the attending doctor.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe firearm used in the incident has been recovered, and the body has been deposited at the hospital for an autopsy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

According to the police spokesperson, the state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Ogunlowo, has ordered a full-scale investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the unfortunate incident, including the possibility of foul play or mental health factors.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. A police officer, Inspector Ajele Oloyede, attached to the Ogun State Police Command, has reportedly taken his own life. The incident was said to have occurred during a special duty assignment at Goodwill Ceramic Company in Igbesa, Ado-Odo\/Ota Local Government Area of the state. The command\u2019s spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the development […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":155400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[254,165],"class_list":["post-155401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-nigeria","tag-police"],"yoast_head":"\nNigeria police officer shoots self to death - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A police officer, Inspector Ajele Oloyede, attached to the Ogun State Police Command, has reportedly taken his own life. ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigeria police officer shoots self to death\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A police officer, Inspector Ajele Oloyede, attached to the Ogun State Police Command, has reportedly taken his own life. ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-16T21:06:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-31T17:28:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1742150424.702932.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"719\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nigeria police officer shoots self to death\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-16T21:06:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-31T17:28:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death\"},\"wordCount\":274,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1742150424.702932.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"Police\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death\",\"name\":\"Nigeria police officer shoots self to death - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1742150424.702932.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-16T21:06:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-31T17:28:20+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"A police officer, Inspector Ajele Oloyede, attached to the Ogun State Police Command, has reportedly taken his own life. ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1742150424.702932.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1742150424.702932.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":719,\"caption\":\"Nigeria police officer shoots self to death\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Nigeria police officer shoots self to death\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Nigeria police officer shoots self to death - Nigeria","description":"A police officer, Inspector Ajele Oloyede, attached to the Ogun State Police Command, has reportedly taken his own life. ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Nigeria police officer shoots self to death","og_description":"A police officer, Inspector Ajele Oloyede, attached to the Ogun State Police Command, has reportedly taken his own life. ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2025-03-16T21:06:39+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-03-31T17:28:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":719,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1742150424.702932.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Nigeria police officer shoots self to death","datePublished":"2025-03-16T21:06:39+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-31T17:28:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death"},"wordCount":274,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1742150424.702932.jpg","keywords":["Nigeria","Police"],"articleSection":["all news","Community"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death","name":"Nigeria police officer shoots self to death - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1742150424.702932.jpg","datePublished":"2025-03-16T21:06:39+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-31T17:28:20+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"A police officer, Inspector Ajele Oloyede, attached to the Ogun State Police Command, has reportedly taken his own life. ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1742150424.702932.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1742150424.702932.jpg","width":1280,"height":719,"caption":"Nigeria police officer shoots self to death"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-police-officer-shoots-self-to-death#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Nigeria police officer shoots self to death"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}