A secondary school boy, identified as Taiwo, who was writing the 2025 West African Examinations Council (WAEC) exams has been killed by a stray bullet allegedly fired by police in Ibadan while attempting to apprehend a traffic offender.
According to eyewitnesses, the incident occurred around the Alakia area of Ibadan, Egbeda LGA, when a police officer attempted to shoot at the tyre of a suspect believed to be a cyber fraudster (“yahoo boy”).
The bullet missed its target and struck the boy, who was seated at the back of the car with his brother while their father was driving them to school.
He was rushed to a nearby hospital, Welfare Hospital, but was later referred to the University College Hospital (UCH), where he was confirmed dead.
The lifeless body of the boy was on Tuesday brought to the Oyo State Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan by protesters led by the father of the deceased demanding immediate justice for the boy.
Addressing the protesters who stormed the state secretariat in large numbers, the Executive Assistant to Governor Seyi Makinde on Security, CP Sunday Odukoya, assured the father of the deceased that the state government would ensure justice is served in the case.
