Policeman kills wife, five others, commits suicide

A policeman attached to the Ogun State
Police Command, Corporal Sunkanmi
Ogunbiyi, went on the rampage on
Thursday in Abeokuta, killing six people,
including his wife and a two-year-old
child.
Ogunbiyi, who worked at the State
Criminal Investigation Department, was
said to be having matrimonial problems
with his wife Oluwatosin Faremi, who
was also a police corporal attached to
Obantoko Police Division, Abeokuta.
Residents of the area said the
policeman had been accusing his wife of
infidelity.
It was learnt that Oluwatosin had
packed out of her matrimonial home
along with the couple's two children to
the apartment of their landlady after
another round of such accusation.
PUNCH Metro gathered that Ogunbiyi,
on learning about the whereabouts of
his wife, stormed the landlady's
residence around 7.50am at 67,
Ifelodun Street, Obantoko, Abeokuta
and opened fire on his wife.
He was also said to have shot and killed
the landlady, her two-year-old child, the
motorcycle rider that took him to the
house and two others.
Three other tenants of the house
sustained gunshot injuries during the
incident. He, however, spared his
children, who were also in the house.
After completing his mission, Ogunbiyi
was said to have turned the gun on
himself and taken his life.
Spokesman for the Ogun command, Mr.
Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the incident.
He said, "The unfortunate incident
occurred this morning, Thursday, March
27, 2014 at 7.58am when the said
corporal, who had been having domestic
conflicts with his wife, shot and killed
six persons with his rifle.
"They included his wife, Woman
Corporal Oluwatosin Faremi, the
landlady in the house, a two-year-old
girl, two males and one female.
"Three other persons sustained injuries
and are currently receiving treatment at
the Federal Medical Centre, Idi Aba
Abeokuta. The corporal, having killed
these persons, shot himself dead
immediately."
Adejobi said the Commissioner of Police,
Ogun State Command, Ikemefuna
Okoye, described the incident as
unfortunate, and had visited the scene
of the crime with other senior police
officers in the command to assess the
situation and sympathise with the
relations of the deceased.
"The command has commenced a
thorough forensic investigation into the
killing and promised to make sure
justice is done in the matter.
"The commissioner of police, however,
appeals to the public to treat the
incident as one of the unfortunate social
mishaps and not to judge the police
with the incident. The police is
committed to the protection of lives and
property and will not tolerate any act
capable of trampling on fundamental
human rights of the citizens," Adejobi
said.