BY GODWIN OBI
A police officer identified as Sergeant Olalere Michael, with tag number F/NO 497093 and attached to 15 PMF, Ilorin, yesterday, March 2, 2023, reportedly shot and killed a yet to be identified lady, at the Chapel of Redemption, Agba Dam Housing Estate in Ilorin.
Frontline Reporters gathered that the officer, thereafter, shot himself in the head and died.
Confirming the unfortunate incident in Ilorin, the Police Public Relations Officer for the State, Okasanmi Ajayi, said their bodies have been recovered and deposited at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital. He, however, stated that the sad incident has nothing to do with police brutality.
He said: “Immediately after the information got to the command, the Commissioner of Police for Kwara State, Paul Odama, dispatched a team of policemen and detectives to the scene, where the bodies were recovered and deposited at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, where they 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 into this unfortunate incident is in progress, and the report of the investigation will be made public as soon as it is ready.”
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