By Abimbola Ogunnaike
A sad story has emanated from Ilorin, Kwara State capital on Thursday, 2 March, 2023 as a police sergeant killed his female lover and later shot himself dead in a school premises.
The incident, it was gathered, occurred around 8am at the premises of the Chapel of Redemption, Agba Dam Housing Estate, Gaa Akanbi, Ilorin, where Redemption Model Nursery and Primary School is located.
The MOPOL sergeant, was identified as Olalere Michael attached to 15 PMF, Ilorin.
It was gathered that police officer was also attached to the Kwara State Government House, Ilorin by the police command as one of the security agents.
Residents of the community told a northern based national newspaper that the deceased Police officer trailed the lady to the school, where she went to drop off her daughter, before opening fire.
“The officer entered the school premises at a few minutes before 8:00 in his Toyota Corolla car earlier than his female friend who brought her daughter to the school .
“He brought out his AK-47 rifle and shot Tosin on the chest three times at close range and she died on the spot. A friend that accompanied her to the school, ran away.
“He thereafter shot himself on the throat which blew off some part of his head,” a resident told the medium.
Residents said he had visited the family house of the deceased female friend located at Erin Ile road, Gaa Akanbi, a few days ago where he attacked her with cutlass over an unresolved misunderstanding.
Reacting to the development, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Okasanmi Ajayi, described the incident as “aftermath of love gone sour and that it has nothing to do with police brutality.
“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
“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.
