Satuday, March 30, 2024 -The Lagos state police command has commenced an investigation after a ten-year-old identified as Israel Ogunleye was allegedly strangled by one Evbota Ezekiel, who is also ten years old, in the Ejigbo area of the state on March 28.
According to the police, the father of the
deceased reported that his son was playing football with some boys at Oluwole
Street, Powerline in Ejigbo where his mother's shop is situated. The bereaved
father told the police that the boys had an argument and in the process,
Emmanuel allegedly held his son by the neck and strangled him until he
died.
Police authorities immediately moved to the
scene of the incident where they found the boy's body and immediately moved it
to the General Hospital Isolo where doctors confirmed him dead on arrival. The
body was then transferred to the mortuary where a post-mortem is expected to be
done.
Confirming the incident to LIB, the spokesperson of the
command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the matter is currently being investigated.
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