The student was travelling with his father and sibling to write the ongoing West African Examinations Council (WAEC) exam when he was hit by a stray bullet near Gbagi Market Road in the early hours of Tuesday, according to The Intercept.
It was found that the stray bullet was fired by a police officer pursuing a suspect.
The victim was taken to Welfare Hospital immediately, but was pronounced dead upon arrival.
On Tuesday, some young people in Ibadan staged a protest at the Oyo State Government Secretariat, and our correspondent reports that some irate locals demonstrated against the student’s death.
The protesters took the student’s lifeless body to the Oyo State Government Secretariat, calling on Governor Seyi Makinde to intervene.
President of Save the Poor and Needy Charity Initiative (SPANCI), Comrade Yemi Ezekiel Bello, condemned the killing in a statement obtained by The Intercept.
Bello urged the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to investigate the matter.
He said, “Dear IGP and stakeholders, kindly investigate the above case as allegedly reported that a man was taking his children to school this morning and some alleged police officers and OYRTMA, while casing Yahoo boys, and others said while chasing traffic law offenders, started shooting indiscriminately and bullet hit this little boy and killed him.
“According to the report, it was confirmed that the officers conducted themselves unprofessionally which led to the death of this little boy whose father said he has been taking care of them and refused to remarry since their mother left 7 years ago.”
