Widow alleges police inspector died after 35-day detention, petitions IGP

From Fred Ezeh, Abuja
The widow of a police inspector, Ahmadu Babayo, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Tunji Disu, over her husband’s death, alleging that he was detained for 35 days and released in critical medical condition before dying two days later.
In the petition dated October 28, 2026, Mrs Fatima Ibrahim Jalo called for an independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding her husband’s death. Babayo served at the State Intelligence Department of the Borno State Police Command headquarters in Maiduguri.
She accused Assistant Inspector-General of Police Emmanuel Egene of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Annex, Gombe; Borno St...