A suspected kid from hell has been arrested in Ada, a village near
Oyo town for allegedly shooting to death his friend over N100 loaf of
bread. The alleged killer kid, Issah, 12 years old was said to have shot
dead Victor Akinlabi for refusing to give him part of the N100 bread he
and his brother were eating.
According to investigation, tragedy struck on March 4, 2013 when the
deceased elder brother, Maliki Nurudeen went to collect alleged N100
debt from Issah’s father Ismaila Hassan in respect of a service
rendered. However, Hassan was said to have refused to pay the N100 debt
and left them to relax.
Both Victor and Malikid, CrimeWatch gathered were eating bread while
still in Hassan’s house. He was alleged to have approached them for a
slice, but was refused. Angered and frustrated by the refusal to give
him part of the N100 loaf of bread, Issah allegedly went inside his
father’s room, took a loaded dane-gun and shot Victor at a very close
range.
By the time the smoke cleared from the nozzle of the gun, Victor was
down in the pool of blood. The villagers rushed him to the hospital, but
he was pronounced dead.
The villagers immediately reported the matter at Jobele Police
Station. The police arrested both Issah and his father Hassan, suspected
owner of the gun.
The suspects were immediately moved to the Oyo State Police Command,
Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Iyaganku, Ibadan for further
investigation. The Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of State
CID, Mr. Galadanchi Dasuki told CrimeWatch that the two suspects and the
recovered dane-gun from them were in police custody.
The principal suspect, Issah explained his role in the alleged crime
to CrimeWatch: “Maliki and his deceased brother came to our house to
collect N100 from my father who owed them. When they came to our house
they came with N100 bread and I told them to give me part of the bread
but they refused to give me.
They used our plate to eat their bread and the deceased Victor
dropped the plate later Maliki started to smoke in our house and told
him not to smoke cigarette in our house and later I saw where my father
kept his dane-gun, which has been loaded. It was when we were struggling
with it that suddenly the bullet triggered and hit Victor.”
Ismaiila on his part said: “I came from the farm and I was sleeping
deeply and it was when I was sleeping that I heard the voice of the
villagers and that woke me up and they carried the deceased to the
hospital and the doctor was giving him treatment before he later died.
“It is true that I owed Maliki a debt of N100. I didn’t know what
transpired between them and my child.
The only mistake I made was that I loaded my gun and kept it in one
corner of the house,” he said. The family of the deceased said that it
was a big loss.
Maliki Nurudeen said: “I came with my younger brother, Victor to
collect N100 that was being owed me by Ismaila Hassan but he refused to
give me and when we were eaten our bread his son, Issah came and started
begging us to give him part of the bread but we refused. Suddenly his
son, Issah went to the house and brought out a dane gun and shot my
brother at the back and my brother Victor was struggling before the
villagers came to rescue and rushed him to the hospital and he gave up;
the ghost later.”
The commissioner of Police Oyo State Police command, Mr. Mohammed
Indabawa said that the incident was quite unfortunate. “It is bad that a
life was lost on N100 bread which they refused to give the suspect’s
son. CP Indabawa said that the two suspects, son and father will soon be
charged to court after the conclusion of investigation.
