Posted on: 09:59 Thu, 26 Nov 2015



The police in Lagos have arrested a
policeman, Corporal Yinka Oloko,
who allegedly shot his wife dead in
the Egbeda area of the state.

The incident occurred at about 10pm
on Tuesday in the rented apartment
the policeman is living with his
family.

Cpl. Oloko, who is attached to the
Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ikeja,
had arrived home on the evening,
and started to undress in the
bedroom, with his wife sitting on the
bed.

The corporal, while removing his
pistol from the holster, was said to
have mistakenly fired his wife on the
lap, leading to commotion in the
apartment.

Oloko, assisted by neighbours, was
said to have rushed the woman to a
nearby hospital, but she reportedly
died before they got to the hospital.

According to PUNCH, a police source
said that the matter was a case of an
accidental discharge, adding that the
suspect and his wife did not have
any altercation before the incident.

He said, “It was a case of an
accidental discharge. The police
corporal was not careful in
removing his pistol from the holster.

When he got home on that evening,
his wife welcomed him and they
went to the bedroom.

“As he was undressing, he removed
the gun and wanted to place it on the
bed when it discharged. The bullet
hit the wife’s lap. He was the one
that rushed his wife to the hospital.

She died before they got to the
hospital. He was thereafter arrested
and detained in the Ikeja Police
Division although the incident
happened in Egbeda.”

The Police Public Relations Officer,
DSP Joe Offor, confirmed the arrest.

Offor, who also noted that it was an
accidental discharge, said the case
was being investigated at the State
CID, Yaba.

He said, “The policeman has been
arrested, and handed over to the
Deputy Commissioner of Police, SCID,
for investigation. The incident
involved him and his wife. It was a
sort of a discharge rather than a
fight. Investigation is still ongoing.”