From Taiwo Oluwadare, Ibadan
A student on his way to sit for the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) exams has been killed by stray bullet from a policeman.
Witnesses reported that the officer, in pursuit of a fleeing vehicle along the busy Gbagi Market Road, opened fire in an attempt to stop the moving vehicle.
One of the bullets allegedly missed its target and struck a schoolboy, who was riding on his father’s motorcycle alongside his twin brother.
Daily Sun gathered that the boy was immediately rushed to Welfare Hospital, but he was confirmed dead on arrival by doctors on duty.According to bystanders, the deceased and his twin sister were en route to their examination centre at the time of the incident.
Angry traders and passersby at the scene in a protest took the boy’s body to the Oyo State Secretariat, demanding immediate justice and sought an audience with Governor Seyi Makinde.
In a video presently circulating online, security personnel were seen attempting to control the growing crowd, while sympathizers called for transparency, accountability, and urgent reform in police engagement protocols in public places.
As of press time, neither the Oyo state police command nor the state government had issued statement concerning the murder of the boy.