POLICE KILL POLICE OVER GIRLFRIEND

‘This situation provoked Corporal Adamu, who warned Sergeant Timothy to be careful with his utterance to his girlfriend or he would be dealt with mercilessly. And true to his words, Corporal Adamu cocked his rifle and shot Timothy, killing him on the spot and causing pandemonium,” the witness said.

The Command Public Relations Officer, Othman Abubakar, when contacted said an officer “shot his colleague over a minor disagreement.”

“Reports from the area indicated that it was on Tuesday morning at about 11 : 00 a.m, when Corporal Bala Adamu and his colleague late Sergeant Emmanuel Timothy attached to 13 Squadron Police Mobile Force, Makurdi on special duties in Madagali, engaged each other in a hot argument that resulted to the corporal killing the sergeant with his rifle”, he said

The police spokesman said the corporal had been arrested, while the corpse of the slain officer had been deposited at the Yola Specialist Hospital Mortuary, adding that the case has since been referred to the Criminal Investigation Department,  at the State Headquarters while investigation has commenced.