by Anike Jacobs’

A 14-year-old teenager has been arrested for the murder of a fellow teenage boy in Ekiti.

In a press releases signed the  state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Victor Babyemi, it was revealed that the boy was toying with a loaded dane gun, which was left with him and two other teenagers by one Mr. Esharefa when he fired a shot at another teenager and killed him.

The statement reads thus:

“Detectives of the Command are presently investigating a murder case involving one Godwin, aged 14 years. The incident happened on December 4 at Oko Oba Camp, Erinjiyan Road, Ilawe Ekiti, at about 0900 hours, when one Johnson ‘m,’ aged 45 years, left three (3) children including the deceased with a loaded dane gun unattended to.  One of the children, allegedly fiddling with the gun, shot the victim to death.

The murder weapon has been recovered while four suspects, including, Johnson, are now in custody undergoing interrogation.”

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