COP COMMITS SUICIDE AT POLICE CAMP

MANZINI - A traffic police officer has died after committing suicide by allegedly ingesting weevil tablets while inside his apartment at the Zakhele Police Camp.

The officer, Constable Sandile Nyosi (32), who joined the Traffic Department early this year after he had been stationed at the Manzini Bus Rank for a while, died yesterday morning.

Information gathered is that the officer,who was well known in local social circles was found by some of his colleagues groaning in pain after he had allegedly failed to report for work in the morning.
“He was due to report for work at 7am and after 30 minutes, superiors got worried as when he was contacted on his mobile phone, it was not available on the network.

Senior

“Some of his colleagues, including a senior officer were ordered to go to his house at the police camp, where upon arrival, they discovered that he had ingested weevil tablets,” a well-placed source within the Royal Eswatini Police Service (REPS) said.
The officers are alleged to have tried saving Nyosi’s life by making him drink cooking oil.

It was also gathered that after drinking the oil, he threw up part of the crushed tablets but his condition worsened and they had no choice but to rush him to the Raleigh Fitkin Memorial (RFM) Hospital.

Upon arrival at the hospital’s emergency room (ER), medical doctors allegedly tried their best to resuscitate the officer,  to no avail.
Some officers at the police station who were close to the deceased revealed that he had a lot of personal problems.

 “His personal issues even affected his work as he would go and drink and further fail to report for work. At one point in time he was taken in for a hearing after he was found to have reported to work while under the influence of alcohol,” one officer, who was also a friend, alleged.

Another officer pointed out that Nyosi’s sudden demise was shocking and proved that a lot of officers needed to undergo counselling as they had a lot of personal problems which affected their daily duties.

Tragic

“The incident has really hit close to home and it is tragic for the family and us as his colleagues. This shows that government as a whole needs to do more to offer counselling services to us since we are sworn to protect and serve the nation,” the officer, who preferred to remain anonymous, said yesterday.
This publication can also confirm that the deceased had already informed his superiors of his personal problems, which had to do with his love life and they had allegedly referred him to a psychologist.

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