BREAKING: Police Officer Shoots Six Persons Dead…His Family Member, His Colleagues, Father In-law, Others.
1 min readBREAKING: Police Officer Shoots Six Persons Dead…His Family Member, His Colleagues, Father In-law, Others.
Posted by Onome Naomi
A police officer has reportedly shot and killed at least six police officers and his father-inlaw Maiduguri, Borno State.
Reports said the incident happened at the police college quarters, of the Police headquarters in Maiduguri, Borno State.
Sources disclosed that the police officer had a misunderstanding with his wife of which neighbours tried intervening but the officer refused to listen.
The source said; āHe and his wife have been having issues for some time now; we tried to settle it amicably, but he refused.
āThe wife told her parents that the sergeant assaulted her; she moved her things out of his house. The wife left due to severe maltreatment by her husband.
āHe started shooting and threatened to kill everyone. Unfortunately, he shot people, but six mobile policemen died and two others are currently receiving treatment at Specialist Hospital.
āHe razed down two blocks of eight rooms in the process and also shot his father-in-law,ā the source added.
The errant officer is currently being detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID).