Kwara police are investigating a homicide in which a police officer shot and killed a woman on the grounds of a school in Ilorin on Thursday.
Following the murder, the police officer shot himself to death.
The murdered woman was thought to be the officer’s mistress.
According to an eyewitness, the police officer approached the murdered woman as she arrived at the school with her child, had some discussions with her, and then shot her twice.
He also stated that the police officer shot himself to death.
The report was confirmed by another eyewitness who witnessed the incident from a nearby building.
According to a man who claims to be a property owner, the police officer and the woman rented an apartment from him a few weeks ago and had been behaving like love birds until they started having problems since five days earlier.
“They have been having issues since five days ago. When they rented the house, we were always happy with the way they showed love to each other.
“Some say the police officer was a man friend of the woman, but they had been quarrelling for the past few days now,” the man said.
Police spokesman in Kwara, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, confirmed that a police officer killed a woman and himself on Thursday in Ilorin.
He told newsmen that while details were still sketchy, he was told that it was a case of love affair gone sour.
Okasanmi said the police had begun investigation into the matter.
