Author: The Nation

A police sergeant yesterday shot dead his girlfriend at a school in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.

The uniformed policeman, later identified as Olalere Michael, thereafter also shot himself dead.

The incident occurred at about 8am on the premises of the Chapel of Redemption, UMCA, Agba Dam Housing Estate, Gaa Akanbi, Ilorin, where Redemption Model Nursery and Primary School is located.

The deceased policeman was said to have been attached to the Kwara State Government House, Ilorin by the state police command as one of the security aides.

Residents and shop owners around the school told our correspondent that the police officer tracked the lady for some time before yesterday’s incident.

He was also said to have visited the family house of the deceased female friend a few days ago to attack her with a cutlass, apparently because of a misunderstanding between the two.

It was equally learnt the deceased policeman, who was of the anti-riot squad, entered the school premises a few minutes before 8am in his brand new Toyota Corolla car.

Later, the female friend, identified as Tosin, brought her daughter to the school.

The police officer reprtedly brought out his AK47 rifle and shot Tosin in the chest three times. She died on the spot.

It was gathered that the MOPOL sergeant corked the gun again, put the rifle on the ground with the nozzle pointing at his throat, and with his toe, pulled the trigger, blowing off his head.

Police spokesman Ajayi Okasanmi said the incident was an aftermath of love gone sour”and that “it has nothing to do with police brutality.

“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. Sergeant Olalere Michael “Male” 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.

“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

“The command wishes to state clearly that the deadly incident was an aftermath of love gone sour and that it has nothing to do with police brutality,“ Okasanmi said.

“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”. 

The Police Command in Oyo State says it has arrested 11 suspects in possession of nine dry human skulls, one fresh human head, intestines and other vital body parts.

SP Adewae Osifeso, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, disclosed this on Thursday in Ibadan, while briefing journalists.

Osifeso who disclosed that the suspects were arrested in their hideout at Orita-Aperin area of Ibadan, added that 16 others were arrested in connection with alleged kidnapping and armed robbery.

He explained that discreet intelligence gathering carried out on Feb. 22 by a police monitoring unit uncovered the criminal activities of the suspects.

He said that the suspects specialised in selling human skulls and other organs for ritual purposes.

The PPRO said that the 11 members of the criminal gang had all confessed to the crime upon interrogations.

He said that the suspects confessed that the dry human skulls were harvested from corpses at burial grounds.

He said they also confessed that the fresh human head and other body organs were harvested from persons after being killed by their kingpin, simply identified as Amuludun who is now at large.

Osifeso said that investigation was now in progress to arrest the fleeing suspects, adding that further developments would be communicated to the public later.

Meanwhile one of the suspects and wife of the principal suspect now at large, said she knew her husband as an Islamic cleric and was suprised when the human skulls were found in his office.

She said that she went to her husband’s office to collect money for foodstuffs when the police came and searched the office where the skulls were found.

The command’s spokesman also said that seven suspected armed robbers who invaded Felele community, Ibadan with guns and some other dangerous weapons were arrested.

Osifeso said the victims raised alarm when the armed robbers were fleeing, adding that the alarm attracted a police monitoring unit who arrested the suspects.

A teenager, Emmanuel David, was on Tuesday night killed after fire broke out in one of the apartments inside Police Barracks at Falomo, Ikoyi.

The deceased said to be the son of an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Godspower David,, attached to Bar Beach Division of the Lagos Police Command, was discovered by rescuers after the fire had been put out at their Room 24, Block One residence.

Although the cause of the fire outbreak was yet to be ascertained, it was learnt that the 15-year-old was asleep when it broke out.

Confirming the incident, spokesman SP Benjamin Hundeyin said from the report received, the fire broke out around 9pm on Tuesday, adding that emergency responders were immediately mobilised to the scene.

“The teams successfully put out the fire, however, during evacuation of the debris, corpse of one Emmanuel Godspower David, 15, the son of the officer consumed by the inferno was found.

“The corpse was evacuated to a public morgue for autopsy, while investigation is in progress,” he said. 

He said the Commissioner of Police (CP) Owohunwa Idowu alongside his deputy, DCP Isa Grema, visited the family on Thursday to condole with them over the sad incidence.

Omodesola Whitney Adeniran, a 12- year-old pupil of Chrisland School, Opebi, Lagos died of asphyxia and electrocution, Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) said yesterday.

Onigbanjo said Adeniran’s cause of death was contained in a post-mortem report conducted at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja.

Adeniran died on February 9, 2023, during the school’s inter-house sports activities at the Agege Stadium, Lagos.

She was buried yesterday in Lagos.

The statement reads: “The Lagos State Government has received the Post Mortem Report dated 1st of March, 2023, issued by the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, in respect of Adeniran Omodesola Whitney, who was until her demise, a student of Chrisland School, Opebi, Lagos.

“The statement from the office of the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo, SAN, states that the post-mortem report revealed the cause of death to be Asphyxia and Electrocution.

“The statement further adds that the Directorate of Public Prosecutions has been instructed to issue Legal Advice on the matter with immediate effect.

“The Lagos State Government commiserates with the deceased family while reassuring Lagosians that anybody found culpable would immediately be charged to court.”

Earlier yesterday, the deceased’s mum Blessing Adeniran confirmed the autopsy report during a live Instagram video.

She said: “The autopsy result is out and ‘Desola was electrocuted. My daughter died of electrocution. I have been subjected to trauma for the past two weeks. Tomorrow (today) will make it three weeks since my baby died. The school made me think I was crazy.”

She alleged that the school claimed the deceased was ill.

Mrs. Adeniran said: “They started pushing the narrative of she was sick; she was sickly. They sent letters and publications out.

“People insulted me and my family. My child was electrocuted to death. I told the school that I don’t want trouble. All I want is answers. They came to my house and knelt.”

Mrs. Adeniran alleged that the school failed to properly investigate the incident.

“I begged, I pleaded, I said ‘Mrs. Amao please, I don’t know how an autopsy is done but I have browsed it and the images are scary. Please, my daughter is already dead, don’t make me put her through that, they will butcher her. I beg you in the name of God, you are a mother, help me investigate and find out what happened. She said she didn’t know.

“My daughter was butchered for autopsy. She was opened up. They took part of her kidney, liver, stomach contents, blood, brain, and bone marrow. Omodesola was butchered.”

It is recalled that the school’s management had earlier said in a statement, that the deceased child slumped in “public view and not under any hidden circumstances,” and was immediately rushed to the nearest medical facility for first aid.