Love gone sour as Policeman kills lover, self after misunderstanding

A policeman in Ilorin, Kwara State, Olalere Michael, on Thursday committed has suicide after shooting his girlfriend, simply identified as Tosin to death . The terrible incident happened at the premises of a private school located on Agba Dam Housing Estate, Gaa Akanbi, in the Ilorin area of Kwara State thereby throwing the place into confusion and subjecting the school children to stress.

Before the ugly development, Olalere Michael was attached to the Kwara State Government House, Ilorin, Kwara State.

According to reports, Olalere and his lover, Tosin, were together when a misunderstanding ensued between them. In the course of the misunderstanding, Olalere allegedly attempted attacking his lover who fled from the scene.

Angered by the escape of Tosin, Olalere visited the family house of his lover’s friend on Erin Ile Road, Gaa Akanbi, Ilorin, to attack Tosin with a cutlass.

According to residents and shop owners around the school, the policeman who had been on the trail of his lover, caught up with her on the school premises and shot her dead with an AK-47 rifle.

Tosin had taken her daughter to the school around 8am when Olalere pulled the trigger on her within the school premises.

Eye witnesses claimed that, after shooting Tosin in the chest three times, Olalere corked the gun, stood the rifle vertically on the ground, aimed his throat and used his leg to pull the trigger, blowing his head in the process and he did on the spot.

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The Kwara State Police Public Relations Officer, Okasanmi Ajayi, in a statement confirmed the development and stated that policemen detailed to the scene of the attack had 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.”