A policeman, Olalere Michael, on Thursday allagedly committed suicide after shooting his girlfriend, identified simply as Tosin to death on the premises of a private school in Ilorin.
The incident happened on the premises of a private school located on Agba Dam Housing Estate, Gaa Akanbi, in Ilorin, Kwara State.
The Punch reported that the policeman who until his death, attached to the Kwara State Government House, Ilorin.
He was said to be with his lover when a misunderstanding ensued between them and escalated rapidly with the cop allegedly becoming violent, forcing the lady to run from the scene.
The policemen, who was still seething with rage, visited the family house of his lover’s friend on Erin Ile Road, Gaa Akanbi, Ilorin, with a cutlass, but did not see Tosin there.
Residents said Michael later traced Tosin to the private school her daughter attends and sighted her after she had dropped her daughter about 8 am.
He was said to have shot her in the chest three times right on the school premises with the AK-47 rifle he carried with him.
After shooting Tosin in the chest three times, the police sergeant allegedly corked the gun, stood the rifle vertically on the ground, aimed his throat and used his leg to pull the trigger, blowing off his own head in the process.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Okasanmi Ajayi, confirmed the development in a statement. He added that the policemen detailed to the scene of the attack evacuated the corpses.
In the statement titled, ‘RE: KILLING OF A LADY AND SELF BY A POLICE SERGEANT IN ILORIN’, Ajayi described the incident as a case of love gone sour, adding that it had nothing to do with police brutality.
The statement read, “Around 08.05am on March 2, 2023, information reached the command that a man in police uniform later identified by his uniform and name tag F/NO 497093 as Sergeant Olalere Michael later known to be attached to 15 PMF, Ilorin, went to the 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 state Commissioner of Police, 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.”
