A police corporal named Bitrus Andrew was shot dead by an Assistant Superintendent Olosuji Elegbede at a police compound in Gashua town in Yobe State over a quarrel caused by a girlfriend to both of them.
It was reported that the ill incident occurred at about 9:05am after
all efforts by a divisional police officer to resolve the issue failed.
A witness recounted that the police corporal, popularly called Kwaba was bitter
that his superior officer snatched a girl he has been befriending for
the past eight years.
He said the junior officer was not very happy that the divisional police
officer rather than tell the assistant superintendent to leave the lady
for him, warned him that it is a disrespectful to date his
superior officer’s woman.
“The corporal picked up his rifle and shot the assistant
superintendent five times on his chest and he dropped down and was taken
to a hospital, where he was confirmed dead,” the witness said.
Another witness said Corporal Bitrus has been romantically linked with the lady
for over eight years, while the superior officer was just posted to the
division.
“You know how ladies behave, the guy was a senior officer and had a
car, so she forgot all the good time Bitrus had with her for over
eight years and started going out with Olosuji,” he said
Reacting, Yobe State Police Commissioner, Sanusi Ahmed Rufai, confirmed the incident and said that the assistant superintendent was shot dead by the corporal while trying to settle a misunderstanding that ensued between the corporal and his wife. He said that the corporal was immediately arrested, while the corpse of the deceased is at the Gashua General Hospital.
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