There was tragedy at the Mayo Belwa Local Government Area of
Adamawa State Wednesday night when a police Inspector posted to the
private residence of Governor Murtala Nyako ran amock, killed his wife
and that of his land lord.
An eye witness told Vanguard in Yola that the Inspector (names
withheld), who refused to surrender his arms and ammunition to the
divisional police armourer after closing from duty, went home with it
to allegedly kill the victims.
It was gathered that the officer on reaching home first shot his
wife dead before turning to his landlord’s wife and equally killed her.
However, his land lord was said to have escaped, when he
discovered that his wife and that of the policeman had been shot dead.
The landlord was said to have reported the incident at the Divisional Police Station in the area.
Adamawa State Police command confirmed the incident.
The Police Public Relation’s Officer, PPRO , Ibrahim Mohammed, who
spoke to newsmen said that the suspect had since been arrested and is
currently undergoing interrogation at the state CID.
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