Tension as police stray bullet kills student in Ibadan

Incoming reports revealed that angry youths led a protest at the Oyo State Government Secretariat, Ibadan, in the early hours of Tuesday over the death of a student by a stray bullet allegedly fired by a policeman.

The student was said to be heading to the venue of his ongoing West African Examinations Council (WAEC) in the company of his twin brother when he met his untimely death around Gbagi Market Road.

An eyewitness account revealed that a policeman, while attempting to shoot at a vehicle on the run along Gbagi Market Road, accidentally struck an innocent school student with a stray bullet while he was in his father’s car.

Battling for his life, the student was immediately rushed to Welfare Hospital but was declared dead on arrival (DOA) at the hospital.

Irked by the student’s sudden death, the angry youth proceeded to the Oyo State Government Secretariat with his lifeless body, calling for Governor Seyi Makinde’s immediate intervention.

The Oyo State Police Public Relations Department is yet to make any official comment on the incident.