By Charles Nwabardi
A nine-year-old boy was shot and killed on Thursday at the annual inter house sports competition of Agolo High School in Ikare-Akoko, the headquarters of Akoko North-East Local Government Area of Ondo State.
Two other students sustained injuries from gunshot and were whisked away to a yet to be disclosed hospital in the town while the remains of the deceased were deposited at the morgue.
Sources said the event was going on peacefully with students from other schools in the area, staff as well as old students of the school in attendance.
Suddenly, gunshots rang out and all hell seemed to have been let loose at that moment.
Panic took over the town as parents and guardians ran helter-skelter seeking a way to locate and evacuate their children as well as wards from the school premises.
The spokesperson for the Ondo State Police Command, SP Funmilayo Odunlami, while confirming the incident in a telephone conversation, said normalcy has since returned to the area.
The police spokesperson explained that operatives have commenced investigations into the cause of the incident, adding that before long, the gunmen would be apprehended and prosecuted.

    Warning: Undefined variable $social_share in /home/secubdae/public_html/wp-content/themes/the-next-mag/library/templates/single/tnm_single.php on line 846

    Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /home/secubdae/public_html/wp-content/themes/the-next-mag/library/templates/single/tnm_single.php on line 846

    Warning: Undefined variable $social_share in /home/secubdae/public_html/wp-content/themes/the-next-mag/library/templates/single/tnm_single.php on line 849

    Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /home/secubdae/public_html/wp-content/themes/the-next-mag/library/templates/single/tnm_single.php on line 849

    Warning: Undefined variable $social_share in /home/secubdae/public_html/wp-content/themes/the-next-mag/library/templates/single/tnm_single.php on line 852

    Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /home/secubdae/public_html/wp-content/themes/the-next-mag/library/templates/single/tnm_single.php on line 852

    Warning: Undefined variable $social_share in /home/secubdae/public_html/wp-content/themes/the-next-mag/library/templates/single/tnm_single.php on line 855

    Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /home/secubdae/public_html/wp-content/themes/the-next-mag/library/templates/single/tnm_single.php on line 855

    Warning: Undefined variable $social_share in /home/secubdae/public_html/wp-content/themes/the-next-mag/library/templates/single/tnm_single.php on line 858

    Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /home/secubdae/public_html/wp-content/themes/the-next-mag/library/templates/single/tnm_single.php on line 858
0

You may also like

Comments

Leave a reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *