Joseph Egbunike, a Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID), has died.

Egbunike died in Abuja in the late hours of Tuesday.

A source at the Force Headquarters told FIJ Egbunike was obese, a condition he managed for years.

Until his death, Egbunike headed the Special Investigation Panel that investigated the suspended Abba Kyari, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) and head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), over his alleged involvement in fraud.

He was previously the Commissioner of Police in charge of budget and finance at the Force headquarters. He also belonged to the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN), Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Institute of Cost Management (ICM), Nigeria Institute of Management (NIM) and the Chartered Institute of Fraud Examiners.