How a Police officer in Ogun state kills self, wife, six others

Tragedy struck in Abeokuta on Thursday as a police corporal shot dead his wife, a commercial motorcyclist and five members of a family. The corporal, Sunkanmi Ogunbiyi, also killed himself.

The incident occurred at 67, Ifelodun Street, Akingbala, Eleweeran in Abeokuta.

An eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity, told journalists that Sunkanmi arrived at the building at about 7am where the landlady, simply identified as Iya Basira, her three children and a grandchild were living.