Police arrest 10-year-old boy for allegedly strangling mate over argument  during football match

Police arrest 10-year-old boy for allegedly strangling mate over argument  during football match

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The police command in Lagos State says it has arrested a 10-year-old boy (name withheld) for allegedly strangling his 10-year-old mate to death during a football match

The command’s public relations officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to journalists on Sunday.

Mr Hundeyin said the Ejigbo Police Division received the information on Friday at about 6:20 p.m.

He said the father of the deceased reported the case to the police that his son, Israel Ogunleye, 10, was playing football with some boys at Oluwole Street, Powerline, in the Ejigbo area, where the mother of the boy has her shop located.

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