A Police Inspector referred to as Inspector Bello Abdullahi has reportedly shot dead two of his colleagues while four others including his father-in-law were injured at Police College Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.
Eyewitnesses say the incident happened on Wednesday night.
A family source said the police sergeant had a misunderstanding with his wife and neighbours tried to intervene but he didn’t listen.
“He and his wife have been having issues for some time now; we tried to settle it amicably, but he refused. The wife told her parents that the sergeant assaulted her; she moved her things out of his house. The wife left due to severe maltreatment by her husband, the source said.
Furious over the wife’s action, the husband reportedly set ablaze his home, that of his father-in-law and that of a colleague whom he suspects to be having a marital affair with his wife at the Police College, killing two persons in the process.
“He started shooting and threatened to kill everyone. Unfortunately, he shot people, six mobile policemen died and two others are currently receiving treatment at Specialist Hospital. He razed down two blocks of eight rooms in the process and also shot his father-in-law.”
A senior police officer said that the errant officer is currently being detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID).
