Anti-riot police sergeant in uniform on Thursday morning shot dead his suspected woman friend in a school premises in Ilorin, Kwara state capital.
The policeman thereafter shot himself dead.
The unfortunate incident occurred around 8:00am.
The gory incident happened 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.
The deceased policeman was said to have been attached to the Kwara state Government House, Ilorin by the State Police Command as one of the security aides.
Residents and shop owners around the school told our correspondent that the police officer was said to have been on trail of his deceased female friend around the school premises for some time before yesterday incident.
He was also said to have visited the family house of the decease located at Erin Ile road, Gaa Akanbi few days before allegedly attacking her with cutlass, apparently because of misunderstanding between the two.
It was also gathered that the deceased MOPOL sergeant entered the school premises at about few minutes before 8:00 in his brand new Toyota Corolla car before his female friend who brought her daughter to the school later.
The deceased 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 woman died on the spot.
It was gathered that the MOPOL sergeant corked the gun again, put the rifle on the ground, aimed his throat and used his leg to pull the trigger blowing off his head in the process.
Spokesperson of the command Ajayi Okasanmi said the 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, psc+, 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.”
