Father mistakes son for monkey, shoots him dead in Ekiti - Daily Trust

Father mistakes son for monkey, shoots him dead in Ekiti - Daily Trust

The Ekiti State police commissioner, Mr Joseph Eribo, has confirmed the killing of a 15-year-old boy mistakenly by his father. The police boss, who gave the information in Ado-Ekiti at a book launch on ‘Modern Security and Safety Practices in Nigeria’, said the sad event happened at Iye Ekiti, in Ilejemeje Local Government Area of the state.  According to him, the incident occurred on the man’s family farmland, saying preliminary investigation s…

Man Shoots Son Dead After Mistaking Him for A Monkey In Ekiti

Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, Joseph Eribo, has confirmed that a 15-year-old boy was accidentally shot dead by his father in Iye Ekiti, Ilejemeje Local Government Area. Eribo explained that the tragic incident took place on the family’s farm where the father, whose name has not been made public, had taken his son along for […]