- Some residents of the area stated that the act was carried out by the policemen from the Elere Police Station in the area
- The Divisional Police Officer of Elere Station, Amodu Jimoh, dismissed the report linking policemen to the incident
A 14-year-old girl has been allegedly shot dead by an inebriated hunter in Lagos state.
The incident happened on Tuesday night at Ayinla Akera in Orile Agege area of the state.
The yet-to-be-identified girl was shot dead by the hunter who was on a bike, leaving the victim in a puddle of blood and the residents in a pool of sorrow.
Some residents of the area stated that the act was carried out by the policemen from the Elere Police Station in the area, PUNCH reports.
“Policemen from Elere; they have killed somebody,” a voice was heard saying in a video from the scene of the incident.
“If this turns to war, they will run,” another livid fellow bellowed.
“She was sent on an errand and she was killed,” a voice in the video added.
But the Divisional Police Officer of Elere Station, Amodu Jimoh, dismissed the report linking policemen to the incident.
The DPO said, “On Tuesday night, our men were patrolling. The policemen saw some people crowded on the street there. They tried to find out what was happening. They were told somebody shot at a small girl.
“They saw the corpse on the ground. It was a 14-year-old girl. They asked for the person that shot her. They were told it was a hunter carrying a Dane gun. He was drunk. There is a woman selling alcoholic drink beside the place.
“Maybe he was about to remove something and the gun fired. He came with a bike and it was likely an accidental discharge.”
The DPO said the corpse was taken to a nearby hospital, adding that the police traced the woman who runs the shop where the man went to drink