Some men will
go to any length if anyone meddles in their relationship:
A police
corporal Bitrus Andrew yesterday shot dead one 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.
A witness said 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 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 act to befriend 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 befriending 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 Rufa’i, 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 killer corporal was arrested, while the corpse is at the
Gashua General Hospital.