My son was shot while helping his mother escape — Father of Osun teen victim

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By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo

The father of a teenager allegedly killed during a violent incident in Ilobu, Irepodun Local Government Area of Osun State, has recounted how his son was fatally shot while attempting to help his mother escape to safety.

Speaking with journalists during a press conference addressed by the Director-General of the Imole Campaign Council, Senator Lere Oyewumi, in Osogbo on Monday, Mr. Olapade Olugbemiga said his son, Ezekiel, was hit by a bullet after returning to assist his mother, who had fallen while fleeing the scene.

According to him, his wife, a palm wine seller near the Ilobu Local Government Secretariat, was attending to customers when armed men allegedly arrived in a vehicle bearing the insignia of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and began shooting into the air.