Why police officer gunned down 4 colleagues, brother-in-law in Borno
A police officer Mohammed Bello, who was recently arrested in Maiduguri, Borno State for gunning down four of his colleagues revealed he committed the act after suspecting them of having extramarital affairs with his wife-to-be.
Bello said he deeply regrets sparing the life of a senior officer who ended his relationship.
According to reports, Bello had threatened to kill the Officer in Charge, Provost, Mobile Police Base 6, Maiduguri, for destroying his relationship with the mother of his three children.
He shot and killed three of the riot policemen on Friday, while the fourth victim died of stray bullet wounds from the suspect’s rifle.
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Bello was also said to have injured his brother-in-law, also a police inspector, after setting his house and two other apartments ablaze on the same day.
Speaking to Punch Newspaper, shortly before he surrendered himself to the police authorities, Bello said, “The OC, Provost, is still alive? I wish I saw him when I had the AK-47 with me. I regret not killing him, Wallahi. He ruined my family and I desperately wanted to kill him. He made my wife leave my house without giving me a fair hearing,” he added.
It was reported that the suspect was formerly attached to the Borno State deputy governor’s security details and was recently transferred to the headquarters of the mobile police base as a quarter guard due to an alleged mental disorder.
He was said to have been living with the woman for about 10 years without meeting the conditions required to make her legally married to him, a situation that led to several disagreements between them, with Bello accusing his wife-to-be of having bedroom relationships with other men.
Bello became extremely angry when he went to his lover’s shop where she sold noodles around 7:30 pm on the day of the incident, he met three policemen and questioned her relationship with them.
A witness who narrated the ordeal said “I was there at the Commander’s Market when the incident happened, though I was in the officers’ mess. My friend called my line and I left on time to witness what was going on. When Oga Bello killed the three officers, everybody, including his wife took to their heels, leaving behind their two young children. He took the smallest child in his arms and walked straight to the house of his brother-in-law, who is also a police officer,” Usman added.
Reports also confirmed that the lover subsequently left his apartment in the barracks and moved into the apartment of her elder sister whose husband is also a police officer.
Meanwhile, the Borno State Commissioner of Police, Abdu Umar, while confirming the incident said the matter was still under investigation and that the suspect had been transferred to Abuja for further investigations.
“Yes, we woke up to this unfortunate incident but we are still investigating the matter to know the truth. The suspect has been flown to Abuja for further investigation. We shall make our findings known to the general public when the investigation is completed,” Umar said.
