Assistant Superintendent of Police Commits Suicide in Niger State
By Our Reporter.
ASP Shafi’u Usman Bawa, a police officer with the registration number AP/No 337979, tragically committed suicide on Saturday in Kontagora town, Niger State.
This information was confirmed in a message shared by the Nigerian Police, which was obtained by Our Source.
The report indicated that Bawa took his own life by hanging himself from the ceiling.
According to the wireless message, the deceased’s father, Mr. Usman Bawa, who resides in the Rigasa area of Kontagora, reported the incident to the police authorities.
Following the report, the lifeless body was taken to the General Hospital in Kontagora, where a medical doctor confirmed the officer’s death.
The body was subsequently released to the family for burial in accordance with Islamic rites.
The incident is currently under investigation, and further developments will be communicated in due course, according to the police.
The wireless message reads:-
“GOOD AFTERNOON SIR X SITREP X SUICIDE X TODAY BEING SATURDAY X 08/02/25 AT ABOUT 1410HRS X ONE MR USMAN BAWA “M” X OF RIGASA AREA IN KONTAGORA MINE X CAME TO THE SQUADRON BASE AND REPORTED X THAT HIS SON AP/NO 337979 ASP SHAFI’U USMAN BAWA COMMITTED SUICIDE X BY HANGING HIMSELF ON THE CEILING.
“THE LIFELESS BODY WAS REMOVE TO THE GENERAL HOSPITAL, KONTAGORA, WHERE MEDICAL DOCTOR CONFIRMED HIM DEAD. THE CORPSE WAS RELEASED TO THE FAMILY FOR BURIAL ACCORDING TO THE ISLAMIC RITES. ABOVE FOR YOUR INFORMATION; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT WILL BE COMMUNICATED YOURS PLS. CO 61 PMF KONTAGORA.”
