by Oge Okonkwo

A policeman identified as Egunbiyi (surname witheld) shot and killed six people before committing suicide at the Obantoko area of Abeokuta, Ogun state capital.

According to reports, Egunbiyi, a police corporal attached to the Ogun state police command went into a sudden rage after learning that his wife was having an affair.

It was gathered that he left the police headquarters on a commercial motorcycle, got to his house and shot his wife, Tosin, who is also a police officer.

PM News reports:

Egunbiyi also shot the landlady of the house, Iya Basira, the landlady’s daughter, Basira, the landlady’s son called Taofeek, another unnamed son as well her grandchild called Kaosara Jesu Tofunmi.

He also shot and killed Kunle, the motorcycle rider who brought him to the house before killing himself.

Three other victims he shot, one of them called Sikiru, were said to be in critical condition and rushed to Federal Medical Centre at Idi-Aba.

At the time of this report, the seven corpses had also been taken away from the scene of the incident and deposited at the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta.

Calls to the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, were not taken.