Police Officer Shoots Self, ‘Mistress’ To Death ln Ilorin

The Kwara State Police Command is now investigating a homicide in which a police officer shot a woman dead at school premises on Thursday in Ilorin.

The murdered woman was believed to be the mistress of the police officer.

An eyewitness said that upon arrival at the school with her child, the police officer accosted the murdered woman, and had some discussions with her before shooting her twice. He added that the police officer immediately shot himself to death also.

Another eye-witness who saw the incident from a nearby building confirmed the report.

A man, claiming to be a property owner said the police officer and the woman hired an apartment from him some weeks back and had been behaving like love birds until they started having problems in the last five days.

“They have been having issues for five days now. When they rented the house, we were always happy with the way they showed love to each other.

“Some say the police officer was a man friend of the woman, but they had been quarreling for the past few days now,’’ the man said.

The Kwara State Police Command in a statement signed by the Command’s spokesperson, SP Okasanmi Ajayi in Ilorin on Thursday confirmed the incident and the death of the police sergeant.

“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 “M,” 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,” he said.

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