Ogun: Boy shoots three-year-old playmate to death

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 45-year-old man, Semiu Adegesin, over the death of a three-year-old girl, Esther Samuel.

Adegesin was arrested for what was described as contributory negligence, which led to the child’s death.

The suspect, who owned a dane gun, was said to have left it loaded in an open space in the backyard of his house, where children played.

A 13-year-old boy, Babalola, was said to have picked up the gun, pointed it at the girl and pulled the trigger.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, noted that the suspect was arrested following a report at the Imasayi police divisional headquarters.

The report stated that Babalola shot and killed the deceased with the dane gun at Kukudi village, Imasayi.

Oyeyemi said, “Upon arriving at the scene of the incident, the deceased was discovered in a pool of blood.

“Preliminary investigations revealed that Semiu Adegesin, the owner of the dane gun, loaded his gun and carelessly left it in an open place in the backyard of the house where children used to play.