How 14-Year-Old Boy Killed by Thugs in Osun Ahead of Guber Poll

News Update

Tragedy struck in Osun state following the killing of a 14-year-old boy identified as Ezekiel Olapade who was reportedly shot by some political thugs in Ilobu, Irepodun Local Government Area of the state.

It was gathered that the incident happened around 3pm when the suspected political thugs, said to have been led by one Saheed alias Tanfeani, opened fire at a palm wine shop belonging to the victim’s mother located opposite the local government secretariat.

In a video sighted by This Online newspaper, the victim’s father alleged that the attackers arrived in a branded vehicle of one of the August 15, 2026 gubernatorial candidates in the state.

“I was at my wife’s shop with my son and some customers when the thugs arrived in an AMBO-branded vehicle. 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.

The father, who was weeping, 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.

He alleged that one of the attackers who shot his son was “Saheed Tanfeani” and that the assailants were about six in number.

Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of Osun police command, Abiodun Ojelabi, said the perpetrators were at large, adding that the police have launched a manhunt for them.

He said, “The incident happened this (Sunday) 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,” the police statement said.

Police also confirmed that another person was hit by a bullet and is receiving treatment in the hospital, adding that the identity of the second victim is yet to be established.

MESSAGE us @
https://Wa.me/+2348072633727 for business relationship, Advert, PR, Publicity, Awareness, Interviews, Feature Stories, Press Release/Statement and so on…

“The suspected perpetrator of that act is still at large,” the police said, adding that a manhunt has been launched to arrest those involved.