A mobile policeman yesterday killed his suspected lover and later shot himself dead in a school premises in Ilorin, Kwara State.
It was gathered that the incident occurred at about 8:00 am at the premises of the Chapel of Redemption (UMCA) , Agba Dam Housing Estate, Gaa Akanbi, Ilorin, where Redemption Model Nursery and Primary School is located.
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The spokesman of the state police command, Okasanmi Ajayi, confirmed the killing of the woman by the policeman and his subsequent suicide.
It was further gathered that the policeman had been on the trail of his deceased female friend around the school premises for some times before the Thursday shooting and killing.
He was also said to have visited the family house of the deceased female friend located at Erin- Ile road, Gaa Akanbi few days ago to allegedly attack her with cutlass, because of misunderstanding between them.
It was also gathered that the deceased MOPOL sergeant had entered the school premises at about few minutes before 8:00am in his new Toyota Corolla car earlier than his female friend who had brought her daughter to the school later.
The deceased female friend, and mother of one, was simply identified as Tosin.
The police officer was said to have brought out his AK-47 rifle and shot Tosin on the chest three times and the mother of one died on the spot.
It was gathered that the MOPOL sergeant corked the gun again, stood the rifle on the ground, aimed his throat and used his leg to pull the trigger just as his head was blown off with the single shot and he died on the spot.
While confirming the development, the spokesman of the state police command, Okasanmi Ajayi, said the deadly incident was an aftermath of love gone sour “and that it has nothing to do with police brutality.”
“At about 08:05 hours of March 2, 2023, information reached the command that a man in police uniform later identified by his uniform and name tag as F/NO 497093. Sergeant Olalere Michael “Male” later known to be attached to 15 PMF, Ilorin went to Chapel of Redemption Agba Dam housing estate in Ilorin and shot and killed a yet-to-be-identified lady, then shot himself in the head and died.
“Immediately after the information got to the command, the Commissioner of Police for Kwara State, CP Paul Odama, dispatched a team of policemen and detectives to the scene, where the corpses were recovered and deposited at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, where the bodies were certified dead.
“The command wishes to state clearly that the deadly incident was an aftermath of love gone sour and that it has nothing to do with police brutality.
“Meanwhile, investigation of this unfortunate incident is in progress, and the report of the investigation will be made public as soon as it is ready,” Ajayi said in a statement.