Bella Ifasola
A police inspector, Dasu Kassa, has died in Adamawa State, northern Nigeria.
Kassa was reportedly found deceased at his residence in Anguwan Yungur, Girei Local Government Area, on Monday evening.
Investigative journalist, PIDOM said on X, “DASU KASSA, with AP/NO. 260209, hanged himself to death behind, Maliki primary school Anguwan Yungur. He is a police driver attached to Doubeli Division.”
He had reportedly returned from a hospital in Yola, the state capital, earlier on Monday evening. The circumstances surrounding his death are currently being investigated.
The circumstances surrounding the death of police inspector are currently being investigated. While no note was left behind, family sources indicate that financial difficulties and medical expenses may have contributed to his decision.
The Adamawa State Police Command confirmed the incident to investigative news outlet, Sahara Reporters.
He said, “Actually the police inspector was found dead. The Command is investigating the matter with a view to finding out the circumstances that led to the dead,” SP Suleiman Nguroje said.
Nigeria has seen an upsurge in suicide cases recently, some health experts have blamed the biting economic hardship and hunger.
Nigeria is facing its worst economic crisis in decades, with skyrocketing inflation, a national currency in free-fall and millions of people struggling to buy food. Only two years ago Africa’s biggest economy, Nigeria is projected to drop to fourth place this year.
The pain is widespread. Unions strike to protest salaries of around $20 a month. People die in stampedes, desperate for free sacks of rice. Hospitals are overrun with women wracked by spasms from calcium deficiencies.
The crisis is largely believed to be rooted in two major changes implemented by a president elected 14 months ago: the partial removal of fuel subsidies and the floating of the currency, which together have caused major price rises.
A nation of entrepreneurs, Nigeria’s more than 200 million citizens are skilled at managing in tough circumstances, without the services states usually provide. They generate their own electricity and source their own water. They take up arms and defend their communities when the armed forces cannot. They negotiate with armed kidnappers when family members are abducted.
But right now, their resourcefulness is being stretched to the limit.
Some folks are planning protests to voice their concerns about the economic situation, including rising inflation and poverty, under President Tinubu’s administration.
The protests are expected to happen in the north and other parts of the country, but residents and leaders of the south-eastern region, inhabited by the Igbo ethnic group – have made it clear that they are not going to be part of the mass action.
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