Night guard sh00ts 13-year-old boy which he mistook as a thîef in Ibadan

One 13-year-old boy, identified as Olaitan Tiamiyu, narrowly escaped d3ath after he was erroneously shot by a night guard who mistook him for a thief in Oyo State.

The incident happened at Wajawaja Community in Apete area of Ibadan on Monday night while the teen was on his father’s motorcycle.

The night guard, Mr Akeem Babalola, however, said that he thought the rider was a thief when he waved at him to stop but he sped off.

According to the newsmen, the boy’s father, Alhaji Monsuru Tiamiyu, was on his way home with his son whom he went to pick from his mother’s shop when the incident occurred.

A community member, who craved anonymity, said the man was passing by Alapata Community on Apete-Akufo Road when he saw flashlights.

Thinking they were robbers, he increased his speed and left the people whose faces he could not see.

“He thought he had left them behind, but what he heard next was a loud bang from a gunshot. Then his son cried out that he had been hit,” the source said

With his son writhing in pain, the shocked father was said to have gone back where the shooter was and held him. Two other guards with him reportedly fled when they saw that their boss recognised the rider.

The source said that the father asked his son to make a distress call to their family members and neighbours who arrived at the scene of the incident shortly after. [CONTINUE READING HERE]>>>>