Policeman Kills Girlfriend, Inspector, & Himself Over Love

An argument between a police corporal and
his senior colleague, an inspector, over who
actually "owns" a pretty female recharge
card seller, ended in tragedy when the
corporal corked his riffle, killed the card
seller and the inspector, before killing
himself. The incident occurred yesterday
evening in the Karu Town, near the CBN
Junction, when the corporal, who claimed
he was interested in the recharge card
seller, simply known as Chidinma, saw the
inspector and the recharge seller sitting
together over some bottles of soft drinks.
According to an eye witness, the corporal
alighted from a vehicle and accosted the
inspector and the recharge card seller.
While he accused the inspector of
encroaching into his territory, he accused
the lady of unfaithfulness, saying he had
invested in the girl. The inspector ,who
regarded the corporal’s allegation as an
affront, ordered him to leave the place
immediately or get himself dealt with. The
corporal was said to have been enraged
and threatened that he was going to kill the
recharge card seller so that none of them
would have her.
The inspector did not take the threat lightly
and warned the corporal not to do any thin
silly or he would have himself to blame.
The corporal, still fuming with rage walked
away from the inspector and the recharge
card seller. Unknown to the inspector, the
corporal corked his AK-47 rifle, walked to
the duo lovebirds and killed the girl with one
shot.
Before the inspector could cork his own
riffle, the corporal also shot and killed him
instantly. Looking bemused, the corporal
aimed the riffle at his own head and killed
himself with one bullet. Pandemonium was
said to have broken out in the town as
residents and passers-by thronged the
place to take a glimpse of the three slain
persons lying in a pool of their blood. A
team of police personnel later came and
evacuated the bodies of the slain. The
recharge card seller was identified as a poor
homeless girl who was taking refuge in a
popular church in Karu Town before the
incident.