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Policemans Stray Bullet Kills WAEC Student During High-Speed Chase In Ibadan

Published by Nairaland on Tue, 20 May 2025


<blockquote>Policemans Stray Bullet Kills WAEC Student During High-Speed Chase in Ibadan<br><br>A policemans stray bullet has claimed the life of a young student on his way to sit for the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) exams.<br><br>Eyewitnesses reported that the officer, in pursuit of a fleeing vehicle along the busy Gbagi Market Road, opened fire in an attempt to stop a suspect. One of the bullets allegedly missed its target and struck a schoolboy who was riding on his fathers motorcycle alongside his twin brother.<br><br>Daily Sun gathered that the boy was immediately rushed to Welfare Hospital but was declared dead on arrival. According to bystanders, the deceased and his twin were en route to their examination center at the time of the incident.<br><br>The sympathizers and market traders at the scene in a protest took the boys body to the Oyo State Secretariat. There, demonstrators demanded immediate justice and sought an audience with Governor Seyi Makinde.<br><br>In a video presently circulating online, security personnel were seen attempting to control the growing crowd, while sympathizers called for transparency, accountability, and urgent reform in police engagement protocols in public places. <br><br>As of press time, neither the Oyo State Police Command nor the state government had issued an official statement. <br><br></blockquote><br><a rel=ugc href="https://thesun.ng/policemans-stray-bullet-kills-waec-student-during-high-speed-chase-in-ibadan/">https://thesun.ng/policemans-stray-bullet-kills-waec-student-during-high-speed-chase-in-ibadan/</a>
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