Lagos CP visits, condoles with parents of slain 9-year-old boy

[Mirror]

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Umar Manko yesterday visited the parents of nine-year-old Timilehin Ebun, who was killed by a trigger-happy police sergeant, Alowonle Razaq last Thursday at Kosofe.

Manko, who was represented by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, in-charge of operations, Mr. Tunde Sobulo, was accompanied to the home of the bereaved located at No. 9, Oyebola Street, Off Safuratu Benson, Oke-Oriya, Ikorodu by the Commander in-charge of Area 'H', Mr. Patrick Longe, Ketu Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Umar Justin, DPO, Owutu Station, Mr. Abayomi Oni, and the Lagos State Police Command spokesperson, Ngozi Braide.

It would be recalled that Timilehin, her elder sister, Damilola, father (Olusegun) and mother (Funke) were returning home from Murtala Mohammed Airport, MMA, Ikeja, Lagos, where they had gone to pick the family's first son, Jide, who came from Canada on vacation in their Nissan Pathfinder Jeep, marked (Lagos) HD 844 EKY when the incident happened.

It was gathered that Timilehin, a pupil of Royal Scholars International School, Oke-Oriya, Ikorodu, was seated in the middle of the vehicle when the sergeant pulled the trigger at close range, with the bullet hitting him on his right eyes through the windscreen.

Few minutes later, he was confirmed dead at a nearest hospital where he was rushed to, for treatment.

National Mirror