Tragedy struck in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Thursday as a police corporal shot dead his wife, a commercial motorcyclist and five members of a family.
The corporal, Sunkanmi Ogunbiyi, also killed himself.
The incident occurred at 67, Ifelodun Street, Akingbala, Eleweeran in Abeokuta.
A witness, who pleaded anonymity, told journalists that Sunkanmi arrived at the building at about 7am, where the landlady, simply identified as Iya Basira, her three children and a grandchild were living.
The witness said that Sunkanmi’s wife, Oluwatosin, also a police corporal, usually relocated with her two children to Iya Basira’s house whenever she had a misunderstanding with the policeman.
He said that the policemen had allegedly warned Iya Basira on many occasions to stop accommodating his family.
“About two weeks ago, Sunkanmi and his wife quarrelled and the wife took her two children to live with Iya Basira,” he said.
The source said the policeman laid ambush for his victims in a nearby bush.
He said that the policeman shot a commercial motorcycle rider, who was about to take the wife and her children to school.
He added that the corporal shot his wife in front of Iya Bashira’s house and went inside and shot Iya Bashira, her three children and her two-year-old grandchild.
“He kissed his two children and handed them over to a commercial motorcyclist who brought him to the building, asking him to take care of them before killing himself,” he added.
The witness said that three persons who sustained gunshot injuries from the incident had been rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta.
In a press statement, the spokesman for the Ogun State Police Command, Muyiwa Adejobi, described the incident as unfortunate.
Adejobi said that the state Commissioner of Police, Ikemefuna Okoye, had led a delegation of police officers to the scene.
Adejobi said that the late couple had been having marital challenges, adding the command had commenced a thorough investigation into the killings.
“The police are committed to the protection of lives and property and will not tolerate any act capable of trampling on the fundamental human rights of the citizens,” he said.
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