The policeman sergeant, who had been lurking in a Toyota Corolla car, attacked and shot the woman in the chest three times before shooting himself
By Dele Moses, Ilorin
A police sergeant has reportedly killed a middle-aged woman suspected to be his woman friend and thereafter killed himself in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara state.
The sergeant whose name was given as Micheal Olalere was serving at the Kwara state police command and might have been on duty when he committed the crimes as he was in police uniform and was wielding a service gun, an Ak-47 riffle.
The incident was said to have occurred at around 8am on Thursday at the premises of a private school in Agba Dam area in the town.
The woman, named Tosin and described as a mother of one, was said to have brought her daughter to the school when the policeman who had been lurking in a Toyota Corolla car attacked and shot her in the chest three times before shooting himself in the head.
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Both the woman and the man were reported to have died on the spot.
Prior to the incident, it was learnt that for weeks, the policeman sergeant had been seeking to attack the woman without success until he finally did on Thursday.
Shop owners around the school in Agba Dam said they noticed that the man was coming around the school in the recent time though they did not suspect he had a sinister motive.
The man was also said to have recently visited the family house of the woman at Erin-Ile road in Gaa Akanbi area with a cutlass threatening to attack the woman.
The police command which confirmed the development said it was not a case of police brutality but an aftermath of a love that had gone sour.
The command, in a statement signed by its spokesman, Okasanmi Ajayi, said after investigations it would make its findings public.
The statement reads: “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.”