The Police in Kwara State says it is investigating the death of two persons suspected to have occurred after a love affair went sour.
The state Police spokesman, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, said this on Thursday.
Although Okasanmi said that the details were still sketchy, he confirmed that a police officer killed a woman and himself on Thursday in Ilorin.
Okasanmi said the police had begun an investigation into the matter.
Reports indicate that a police officer shot a woman, believed to be his mistress to death at school premises on Thursday in Ilorin.
The police officer also shot himself to death after the murder.
An eyewitness said that upon arrival at the school with her child, the police officer accosted the murdered woman, and had some discussions with her before shooting her twice.
He added that the police officer immediately shot himself to death also.
Another eye-witness who saw the incident from a nearby building confirmed the report.
A man, claiming to be a property owner said the police officer and the woman hired an apartment from him some weeks back and had been behaving like love birds until they started having problems 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 quarreling for the past few days now,’’ the man said.
