Kehinde Alade: Grieving father of slain schoolboy speaks out, narrates how his son was shot, killed in Ibadan

• 13-year-old Kehinde Alade was tragically changeable by constabulary successful Ibadan portion his elder member was sitting the WAEC exam; his begetter Odunayo calls for justice
• Odunayo described the incident, denying tinted windows claims and explaining the household was disposable during the constabulary effort to halt their car
• Following the tragedy, the assemblage protested for justness arsenic Kehinde’s household mourned, highlighting his agleam aboriginal and adjacent enslaved with his duplicate brother

Ibadan, Oyo state - The tragic shooting of 13-year-old Kehinde Alade by constabulary successful Ibadan has near a household devastated.

Kehinde was a secondary schoolhouse pupil and would person turned 14 successful November 2025.

The begetter of the schoolboy killed successful Ibadan, Odunayo Alade, has astatine past recounted however the calamity unfolded. Photo credit: @TheApex/@PoliceNG
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Contrary to reports, it was Kehinde’s elder member Emmanuel who was sitting for the WAEC introspection connected the fateful morning.

His father, Odunayo Alade, successful an interrogation with Punch, spoke astir the heartbreaking incidental and his plea for justice.

“My son’s sanction was Alade Kehinde Paul. He was a agleam and gentle boy, doing good successful school,” said Odunayo, visibly emotional.

Circumstances starring to the shooting

Odunayo explained the concatenation of events that led to the tragedy, saying:

“As I was driving, Oyo State Road Traffic Management Authority officers tried to halt me. They adjacent deed my car. I was rushing to get Emmanuel to his exam connected time. I reversed to evade them and abruptly heard a gunshot. Kehinde shouted, ‘Daddy!’”

The boy’s duplicate brother, Taiwo, alerted him that Kehinde had been shot.

The household was alert that children were successful the car, and Odunayo insisted the car windows were not afloat tinted.

“Only the backmost solid was tinted; the sides were clear. They could spot each of us," helium said.

Shattered by loss, demanding justice

Describing his reaction, Odunayo said,

“I was shocked and devastated. I ne'er imagined this could happen. The pastor with america took him to the hospital, but it was excessively late.”

When asked astir identifying the policeman responsible, helium said,

“I don’t cognize who fired the changeable due to the fact that I was driving and trying to escape. But I managed to clasp 1 of the officers.”

Community outcry and protest

Following the incident, aggravated youths carried Kehinde’s assemblage to the authorities secretariat, demanding justness and enactment from Governor Seyi Makinde. The boy’s remains were deposited astatine Adeoyo Hospital morgue.

Odunayo denied rumours branding him a fraudster oregon claiming his car was afloat tinted.

“Those are lies. Everyone was disposable done the windows.”

He besides shared the symptom of raising his 3 children unsocial aft his woman near successful 2018. “It hasn’t been easy, but God has been helping me.”

Kehinde aspired to beryllium a lawyer, showing keen reasoning and intelligence. Odunayo recalled buying creation textbooks for him aft helium switched from science studies, demonstrating his beardown ambition, Vanguard reported.

Siblings grieve deeply

The begetter of the Ibadan schoolboy who was killed, Odunayo Alade, has yet narrated the circumstances of his son’s death. Photo credit: @PoliceNG/@PrayNGMovement
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The twins were inseparable, sharing everything from playing to sleeping together. The household is heartbroken and agreed successful their telephone for justice.

“We ne'er thought this would happen. Who knows who it could beryllium tomorrow? Justice is important.”

Police instrumentality enactment against serviceman who killed schoolboy

Previously, Legit.ng reported that the Oyo state Police Command has confirmed that the serviceman who discharged the firearm that killed 15-year-old WAEC pupil Kehinde Alade successful Ibadan has been arrested on with different members of the enforcement team.

In a statement, the constabulary spokesperson, CSP Adewale Osifeso, disclosed that Commissioner of Police Johnson Adenola has mandated a afloat probe led by the Deputy Commissioner successful complaint of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID).

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Source: Legit.ng