Teenage Boy Killed On Presidential Poll Day

Eniola Olayemi

Teenage boy known as Celestine Oke was killed on Saturday, the presidential and National Assembly Poll Day in the Iwaya area of Lagos.

The 16-year-old boy was killed by a stray bullet from hoodlums’ gun on the Presidential Poll Day, while on his way to buy sugar that he wanted to take garri with. it was alleged that after the ‘Iwaya boys’ invaded the Oke Agbon community, the Senior secondary school 2 pupil was hit by the stray bullet.

An eyewitness told Punch’s correspondent;

“On Saturday, around 6.30pm, I was at home when I heard screams. I was told that some hoodlums were fighting but I did not know what caused the fight. I was told that they were ‘Iwaya boys’ and I heard the sound of gunshots. Oke was not at home at the time; he went to buy sugar with which to take gari.

“Suddenly, I heard a knock on my door and when I opened to find out who it was, I saw some sympathisers, who brought Oke home and informed me that he was killed by a stray bullet that was shot by the hoodlums.

“We took his body to the police station to inform the police and we demanded that the perpetrators be brought to justice.”

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Chike Oti, however, disclosed that the police was on the trail of the hoodlum behind the murder incident.

“There was a free-for-all by some cult members, who engaged themselves in a supremacy battle. In the process, a shot from one of them hit the young boy. However, we have been able to recognise the person responsible for the shooting and the command is on his trail.

“He has left his residence in Lagos State, but we are following up on him; he can’t go too far before we will arrest him,” he said.