Kwara State Police Command has said that the deadly incident of a Sergeant Olalere Michael "M," F/NO 497093 attached to 15 PMF, Ilorin who killed a lady and later killed himself was an aftermath of love gone sour and that it has nothing to do with police brutality.
Police Public Relations Officer, SP Okasanmi Ajayi in a press statement on Wednesday revealed that 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.
Ajayi said, 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
He said, immediately after the information got to the command, the Commissioner of Police for Kwara State, CP 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
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.