A police officer in Ogun State, today, shot and killed seven people including his wife, a two-year-old toddler, and himself, after he had a quarrel with his wife and she left him to move in with their landlady. According to Premium Times, Police Corporal Sunkanmi Ogunbiyi, attached to State Criminal Investigation Department of the Ogun State Police Command, was having matrimonial problems with Oluwatosin, his wife, who is also a police corporal attached to Obantoko police station in Abeokuta.
According to neighbours, the police corporal had in the past warned the landlady not to harbour his wife and children whenever the couple had any misunderstanding. So cos she did, he went beserk this morning. He had arrived the landlady’s residence at about 7:02 a.m. and immediately opened fire on his wife. He also shot and killed the landlady, a 2-year-old toddler, and three others. He did not shoot at his children, who were also in the house.
Three other tenants also sustained gunshot injuries during the incident which occurred at 67, Ifelodun Street, Akingbala area of Obantoko, Abeokuta. The injured were rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, where they are now receiving treatment.
Confirming the story, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, in a statement, said Mr. Ogunbiyi and his wife had been having ‘domestic conflicts’ before Thursday’s killings. The statement reads:
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