Alade Odunayo, father of 13-year-old, Kehinde, who was killed by a trigger-happy policeman in Ibadan, shares with DANIEL AYANTOYE the circumstances surrounding the incident.
You are the father of the deceased child. Tell us about him.
Yes, my son’s name was Alade Kehinde Paul. He would have been 14 years old along with his twin brother by November 26, 2025. They (the twins) were in SS1, while their elder brother, Alade Emmanuel, is in SS3. Paul was a young, brilliant, and gentle boy. He was doing well academically, and his reasoning ability was superb. It is painful that we lost him.
The state government said you were driving against traffic when the incident happened. How would you react to that?
Should that be the reason why they killed my son? That place is where everybody passes because it is close to our junction, and the other turning point is very far. When they blocked me, I wanted to wait, but I felt that if I had waited, they would say I damaged their vehicle, whereas they were the ones that hit my car.
Secondly, I was considering the boy who was to sit an exam, because they would have held me down, and he would have been late. I didn’t know that they had started attaching policemen with guns to OYRT
I didn’t know that they had started attaching policemen with guns to OYRTMA.
Alade Odunayo, father of 13-year-old, Kehinde, who was killed by a trigger-happy policeman in Ibadan, shares with DANIEL AYANTOYE the circumstances surrounding the incident.
You are the father of the deceased child. Tell us about him.
Yes, my son’s name was Alade Kehinde Paul. He would have been 14 years old along with his twin brother by November 26, 2025. They (the twins) were in SS1, while their elder brother, Alade Emmanuel, is in SS3. Paul was a young, brilliant, and gentle boy. He was doing well academically, and his reasoning ability was superb. It is painful that we lost him.
The state government said you were driving against traffic when the incident happened. How would you react to that?
Should that be the reason why they killed my son? That place is where everybody passes because it is close to our junction, and the other turning point is very far. When they blocked me, I wanted to wait, but I felt that if I had waited, they would say I damaged their vehicle, whereas they were the ones that hit my car.
Secondly, I was considering the boy who was to sit an exam, because they would have held me down, and he would have been late. I didn’t know that they had started attaching policemen with guns to OYRTMA.
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