JUST IN: Stray bullet kills WASSCE student in Ibadan

A stray bullet has allegedly killed a student who was heading to the examination centre to sit for the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination being organised by the West African Examination Council (WAEC) in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

 

The incident happened on Gbagi market road in the Egbeda Local Government Area of the state when a stray bullet allegedly fired by a police officer in pursuit of a suspect hit and allegedly killed the student on Tuesday.

 

Investigations revealed that the boy was on a motorcycle with his father and twin brother when the incident struck.

 

The student, according to multiple eyewitnesses, was on his way to the examination centre.

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One of the sources, simply identified as Ajani, said, “A police officer opened fire while chasing a fleeing vehicle. One of the bullets reportedly hit the student. The student was riding on a motorcycle with his father and twin brother.

 

“The victim was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

 

Another witness said, “The deceased was on his way to the examination centre alongside his twin brother when the tragedy happened.”

 

Meanwhile, irate youths took the student’s lifeless body to the state Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, to demand justice and called on Governor Seyi Makinde to intervene.

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The deceased body has been deposited at Adeoyo Hospital morgue.

 

As of press time, authorities have not released an official statement on the incident.

 

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