CITIZENS COMPASS– A police Sergeant Olalere Michael, in Ilorin, Kwara State, has allegedly shot a lady dead and thereafter killed himself following a love affair that turned sour.
Kwara State Police Command confirmed the incidents on Thursday, March 2, 2023 in a statement signed by spokesperson, Okasanmi Ajayi.
Further details about the deaths could not be ascertained but it was learnt that Michael went to a housing estate where his lover reside only to rain bullets on her and thereafter killed himself on the spot.
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 “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.”
