A male police officer has reportedly shot and killed his female colleague before taking his own life in an incident said to have occurred on Friday, October 23, 2026, at Ajaokuta, Kogi State.
The officers were identified in the circulating report as Woman Corporal Grace Abraham and Corporal Amos Yusuf, who were said to have been serving in the same area.
According to the report, the officers were reportedly in a romantic relationship that later encountered difficulties following a disagreement. The nature of the disagreement and the circumstances leading to the shooting have not been independently confirmed.
The account further alleged that senior officers had intervened in an earlier dispute between the pair and separated them within their division.
It was alleged that Yusuf, who was on duty at the time, later went to Abraham’s quarters with an AK-47 rifle and shot her twice before shooting himself.
The incident has raised concerns about the circumstances surrounding the reported deaths and the need for a thorough investigation to establish what happened.
As of the time of preparing this report, no official statement from the Kogi State Police Command confirming the incident or providing details of the investigation was included in the information available.
