Police stray bullet kills nine year old boy
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| TIMILEHIN AND HIS FATHER |
The the incident occurred while a team of policemen were attempting to arrest a commercial bus driver around 11 pm on Thursday.
When on June 13, 2013, the Ebun family went to pick up their son, Jide, from the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, everybody was happy because the 17-year-old boy had been in Canada where he was schooling and had not seen his family for two years.
The family comprising the father, Olusegun, the mother, Funke, the first son, Jide, the only daughter, Damilola, and the last child, nine-year-old Timilehin, were in a Sports Utility Vehicle, a Nissan Pathfinder, with registration number HD844EKY.
Timilehin sat in the centre of the back seat with his two siblings where he was playing a hand-held game.
The nine-year-old boy and his father were engaged in an argument as regards his future ambition. While the little boy said he wanted to be a footballer, his father advised him to go to the university to study medicine after which he could go ahead to become a footballer.
The reunion was however short-lived. On getting to Mile 12 end of Ikorodu Expressway, a police stray bullet pierced through the windscreen of the vehicle and killed Timilehin on the spot.
He said life would never be the same without the little boy who was full of life and was always making the house lively.
“One of the bullets pierced through my windscreen and hit Timilehin in the eye. The broken glass also injured my wife and Jide. Immediately after the shooting, the policemen boarded their patrol vehicle and fled to their station. I carried my son to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead.”
Olusegun said touts were able to chase the policemen but in the ensuing pandemonium, his telephone and ATM cards were stolen.
“The matter has been reported and we have seen the Commissioner of Police.”
Police sources told our correspondent that the policeman had been arrested and transferred to the Police X Squad.
A policeman, who preferred not to be named, said, “Around 11 pm on Thursday, one Ebun Olusegun went to Ketu Police Division with his dead son.
“He said he was coming from the airport in his vehicle with registration number, HD 844 EKY but on getting to Kosofe Bus Stop around the Mile 12 Market, a bullet killed his son sitting at the back seat.
“The policemen were brought to the station and one Sergeant Alowonle Razaq, with force number 203693, was identified as the shooter. He has been arrested investigations are ongoing.”
Culled from The PUNCH
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