Tragedy: Police Constable Kills 2 Inspectors, Self
Fatimah Abdullahi
A Police Constable, Ibrahim Musa, attached to Nagere Division in Yobe State on Friday, shot two Police Inspectors and himself dead.
The State Commissioner of Police (CP), Mohammed Zanah Ibramim who confirmed the ugly incident during a press briefing explained, “the Police Constable who was being booked for insubordination, seized a rifle at the counter and shot the two Inspectors at close range, before shooting himself”.
Explaining further, Ibrahim said that the Constable first shot Inspector Muhammed Musa, before firing Inspector Ishaku Allen, who was making the entry in the defaulter’s registry, after which he shot himself.
According to the CP, the constable, who was rushed to the Potiskum General Hospital, later died while receiving treatment.
Compol Ibrahim told the journalists, himself and the Emir of Nangere, Alhaji Muhammed Ibn Abubakar Grema, attended the burial of the two Inspectors and also paid condolence visits to the bereaved families on behalf of the Inspector General of Police (IGP).
The CP informed that as no sinner will go unpunished, the constable will be tried posthumously as a lesson and to prevent future occurrence.