Ondo: Police To Prosecute Killer’s Father

James Sowole in Akure
The Ondo State Police Command said yesterday that it would prosecute Mr. Olanrewaju Afolabi, the father of the boy who allegedly killed his friend with a dane gun in Ondo town , Ondo State on Wednesday.

The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the Ondo State Command, Mr Femi Joseph said Afolabi would face prosecution for his negligence saying that he shouldn’t have left the gun at the reach of the boy.

Afolabi’s son, Ayo, 11, reportedly killed his friend, Comfort Emmanuel, with his father’s dane gun at Ayeyemi area of the Ondo town while playing with the gun when the father was not aahome.

The development led the state police command to arrest and detain both the father and his son for interrogation .
He said, “ We will round off our investigation, the father of the boy would be charged to court on Monday . He would be charged for negligence. The law would certainly take its due course.

“ There is nothing we can do to bring the deceased back to life, the only thing we can do is to ensure justice is done to the matter by arresting the man and take him to court to go and defend himself before the law and tell court why he allowed the negligence to happen”

On the issue of the son, the PPRO explained that the command would seek legal advice on what to do about the boy. He said the boy was still in the custody of the command at the press time .