Metro
‘How SARS operatives shot dead my 19-year-old son,’ Man tells Oyo panel
A petitioner, Mr. Kolawole Owoade, on Thursday told the Oyo State judicial panel of inquiry how operatives of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) shot dead his 19-year-old son, Adewale Owoade, in the state.
Owoade, who was led in evidence by his counsel, Mr. Diekola Rufai, said SARS operatives shot his son in the back with the bullet perforating his stomach and intestine.
He said the incident happened in January 2006 when their neighbor simply named as Lasunkanmi accused his son of stealing recharge cards.
According to him, Lasunkanmi invited SARS operatives to search the rented house in which they lived with other tenants
The petitioner said: “The SARS officials entered our room with gun and start searching and everybody in the house was scared.
“Adewale panicked and ran out of the room and was shot by an official of SARS called Kola.
“We took him to the hospital and the SARS officials also followed us to the hospital, but the boy later died at the hospital.”
The death certificate, medical report showing the cause of death, and receipt of other expenses incurred by the family were admitted as exhibits by the panel.
READ ALSO: Police reacts to reported shooting of #ENDSARS protesters in Oyo
Owoade added that the deceased’s mother later became seriously ill over her son’s death.
He urged the panel to assist the family to get Justice on the matter.
Owoade also demanded a N50 million compensation for his wife’s surgery and other expenses incurred before the death of his son.
While being cross-examined by the police counsel, Matthew Oje, told the panel that all efforts made by the family to get Justice when the incident happened were frustrated by SARS.
The Chairman of the panel, Justice Badejoko Adeniji, adjourned the matter till April 14 for continuation of hearing.
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Torturous experiences of students with disabilities in Oyo tertiary institutions
For students with disabilities in Oyo state-owned tertiary institutions, learning is a torturous and distressing experience, considering the building structures...