Nigerians on Tuesday criticised the Nigeria Police Force following the tragic death of a male minor writing the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) exams in Oyo State.
The deceased was reportedly seated in his father’s black Honda car, on his way to his examination centre with his sibling, when a stray bullet allegedly fired by a police officer pursuing a suspect hit him.
A video seen by THE WHISTLER showed the lifeless body on a stretcher with a bullet wound in his lower abdomen.
He was dressed in a sky blue shirt and ash trousers, believed to be his school uniform.
Medical personnel rushed him to the welfare hospital, but doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.
Outraged by the incident, social media users condemned the silence of the Nigerian Police Force and demanded justice.
An Australian-based Nigerian doctor and X user (formerly Twitter), @drpenking, said, “This morning at Akala Express, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigerian police allegedly chased suspected ‘yahoo boys’ in a car, firing at their tires. They shot a secondary school student on his way to sit for his WAEC exam, and he died.”
@TheMahleek wrote, “Parents raised their child for years and on a fateful day, on his way to write a WAEC exam, he got shot and killed in his father’s car by Nigerian police officers chasing down alleged Yahoo boys. Bro, this country makes zero sense…”
Another X user, @_AsiwajuLerry, said, “It’s been 5 years since Nigerians came out in millions to protest against Police Brutality and today, the Nigerian police were chasing alleged Yahoo boys in Ibadan and they ended up shooting an innocent boy who was on his way to write his WAEC exam. When will it end?”
@MrMekzy wrote, “Why are the Nigerian police always chasing Yahoo boys?? Is it within their job description? What do they hope to gain when they catch them? Is that what they were put on our roads to do? Why are they always trigger-happy? So many questions that need answers.”
Another user, @sethgun1800, said on the microblogging site, “The dad was waiting at the zebra crossing because of the traffic light; the kids were in their dad’s car, the safest place ever; Nigerian police killed their baby still. They obeyed the law; they watched over their kids. What else can the daddy do to make sure you don’t kill their baby?”
@Imbuya_media, a graphic designer, said, “The Nigerian Police once again stains its uniform with innocent blood — a student on his way to write WAEC. A twin. A future. Killed in his father’s car. This isn’t law enforcement. It’s state-sanctioned recklessness. The police operate with deadly impunity.”
THE WHISTLER earlier reported that the Nigeria Police Force, Oyo State Command, has remained silent for hours after the incident.