See the people they put in the police force oo. Someone that
has no respect for his life, how can he have respect for other
people’s lives?
An argument between a police corporal and his senior
colleague, an inspector, over who actually owns a pretty
female recharge card seller, ended in tragedy when the
corporal corked his riffle, killed the card seller and the
inspector, before killing himself.
The incident occurred yesterday evening in the Karu Town,
near the CBN Junction, when the corporal, who claimed he
was interested in the recharge card seller, simply known as
Chidinma, saw the inspector and the recharge seller sitting
together over some bottles of soft drinks.
According to an eye witness, the corporal alighted from a
vehicle and accosted the inspector and the recharge card
seller. While he accused the inspector of encroaching into his
territory, he accused the lady of unfaithfulness, saying he had
invested in the girl.
The inspector ,who regarded the corporal’s allegation as an
affront, ordered him to leave the place immediately or get
himself dealt with. The corporal was said to have been
enraged and threatened that he was going to kill the recharge
card seller so that none of them would have her.
The inspector did not take the threat lightly and warned the
corporal not to do any thin stupid or he would have himself
to blame. The corporal, still fuming with rage walked away
from the inspector and the recharge card seller. Unknown to
the inspector, the corporal corked his AK-47 rifle, walked to
the duo lovebirds and killed the girl with one shot.
Before the inspector could cork his own riffle, the corporal
also shot and killed him instantly. Looking bemused, the
corporal aimed the riffle at his own head and killed himself
with one bullet.
Pandemonium was said to have broken out in the town as
residents and passers-by thronged the place to take a
glimpse of the three slain persons lying in a pool of their
blood. A team of police personnel later came and evacuated
the bodies of the slain.
The recharge card seller was identified as a poor homeless
girl who was taking refuge in a popular church in Karu Town
before the incident.
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