A 14-year-old boy, Ezekiel Olapade, was killed while another person was injured after gunmen opened fire at a palm wine shop in Ilobu, Irepodun Local Government Area of Osun State.
It was gathered that the incident occurred around 3:00 p.m. on Saturday opposite the local government secretariat.
According to the Osun Police Command spokesperson, Abiodun Ojelabi, the shooting was carried out by one Saheed, alias Tanfeani and other thugs.
“The incident happened this afternoon, adjacent Irepodun Local Government Secretariat. One Saheed, alias Tanfeani, came with other thugs and started shooting. In the process, the bullet hit Ezekiel Olapade, and he died at the spot,” Ojelabi said.
The police confirmed that another person was hit by a bullet and is receiving treatment in the hospital.
“The suspected perpetrator of that act is still at large,” Ojelabi added, noting that a manhunt has been launched to arrest those involved.
The victim’s father alleged that the attackers arrived in a vehicle branded with the name of one of the gubernatorial candidates in the state.
“I was at my wife’s shop with my son and some customers when the thugs in an AMBO-branded vehicle came,” he said.
“Initially, they attempted to enter the council, but when they saw a man putting on a yellow cap at my wife’s shop, they directed their shot at the shop. The man wearing the yellow cap was shot, and he is now at the hospital.”
He said everyone at the scene, including his wife and son, ran for safety.
“But my wife fell, and my son had to go back to rescue her. It was in that process that he was shot. I did not even know that he had been shot. I thought he ran away like others, and it was after searching for him for hours that I got a hint that he had died, and he was inside the bush,” he added.
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