Police arrest five suspects over murder of Osun teenager

The Osun State Police Command has arrested 5 suspects successful transportation with the execution of 14-year-old Olapade Ezekiel, who was changeable dormant during a shooting incidental successful Ilobu, Irepodun Local Government Area of the state, connected June 21, 2026.

The bid disclosed this successful a property merchandise issued connected Friday by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, connected behalf of the Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Zungura.

Ojelabi said investigations into the incidental were ongoing.

According to the statement, “the incidental occurred astatine astir 3:30 p.m. astatine a palm-wine store on Council Road, adjacent the Irepodun Local Government Secretariat successful Ilobu.”

The constabulary said the deceased’s father, Olugbenga Olapade, of Ododo Compound, Ilobu, reported the incidental astatine the Ilobu Police Division astatine astir 5 p.m. connected the aforesaid day.

The connection explained that the 14-year-old was astatine the palm-wine store with his begetter and immoderate customers erstwhile a radical of radical allegedly arrived successful a Sienna autobus and began shooting sporadically.

“As a effect of the shooting, Olapade Ezekiel, male, 14 years old, sustained a gunshot wounded and subsequently died, portion different idiosyncratic identified arsenic Matthew John, popularly known arsenic Mofoto, sustained a gunshot injury,” the constabulary said.

The bid stated that its operatives launched an probe immedia...