Boy escapes death on father’s bike after erroneous shot by night guard in Ibadan

A 13-year-old boy, Olaitan Tiamiyu, narrowly escaped death after he was erroneously shot by a night guard at Wajawaja Community in Apete area of Ibadan, Oyo State, while on his father’s motorcycle on their way home late on Monday night.

The night guard, Mr Akeem Babalola, however said that he thought the rider was a thief when he waved at him to stop but he sped off.

Nigerian Tribune gathered that the boy’s father, Alhaji Monsuru Tiamiyu, was on his way home with his son whom he went to pick from his mother’s shop when the incident occurred.

According to a community member, who craved anonymity, the man was passing by Alapata Community on Apete-Akufo Road when he saw flashlights.

Thinking they were robbers, he increased his speed and left the people whose faces he could not see.

“He thought he had left them behind, but what he heard next was a loud bang from a gunshot. Then his son cried out that he had been hit,” the source said.

With his son writhing in pain, the shocked…