A trigger-happy police officer, Kazeem Sheu (ASP) attached to Ajagba
Divisional Police Station in Irele at the weekend gunned down
hisjunior officer, Inspector Adelakun Lawal at a beer palour in Ondo
town for allegedly arguing with him. The two officers, it was learnt,
were long-time good friends until the tragic incident.
The duo was said to have gone to the beer parlour located at Ejankole
Street in Okerowo area in Ondo town at about 5pm to relax but in the
course of their discussion an argument ensued between them, which
later degenerated into a hot verbal exchange. The eyewitness stated
further that all efforts by others to broker peace failed as the two
friends later engaged each other in verbal assaults. According to the
eyewitness, out of annoyance, the ASP brought out a pistol and shot
the late inspector at close range. The inspector was reported to have
fallen down after he was shot several times.
The ASP attempted to run away when he noticedthat the junior officer
was dying but the people around prevented him from escaping. The quick
intervention of some mobile policemen saved theofficer from mob action
as he sustained injuriesfrom the mob. The inspector died on the way to
the state Specialist Hospital in Ondo town.
His corpse was later deposited at the hospital's mortuary. The victim,
until his untimely death, served as a police prosecutor at an Ondo
Chief Magistrate Court. The command spokesperson, Donald Odogo, who
confirmed the incident said the killer officer had been transfered to
the state CID for further interrogation.
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