A JSS 1 student of Urban Secondary School in the Area N, World Bank Housing area of Owerri has been tragically shot and killed by a school owner after scaling a fence to retrieve his ball.
It was noted that the deceased master Paul, pleaded for mercy, but the property owner who runs a primary school, allegedly shot him twice in the waist, leaving him to battle for his life at the hospital.
According to Paul’s guardian, Mr Jonathan Odikanwa, a septuagenarian, his ward passed away at the Specialist Hospital, Umuguma, Owerri barely 24 hours after undergoing a surgery.
He revealed that the X-ray didn’t show the bullet in the body but doctors had to operate Paul when it was discovered that his bowel movements were impeded.
Earlier, Odikanwa appealed to people to pray for the recovery of his ward as he was being wheeled into the theatre to find out where his bowel movements were impeded.
“He has passed away. My son has passed away. The doctors just said they lost him. Even after the surgery we had been hopeful that he would come around. My boy who had lived with me for over seven years had passed on,” he wailed.
It was reported that the deceased was not the biological son of Odikanwa, but had lived with the Odikanwas for about seven years running from where he began schooling and was in JSS 1. In response, his schoolmates were seen protesting and reportedly vandalizing the man’s school in Owerri, Imo State, demanding justice for their friend.
The spokesperson of the State Police Command, DSP Henry Okoye, confirmed the incident and the arrest of the landlord who shot the teenager.
