A 12-year-old girl accidentally killed herself at the weekend in
Ilorin, Kwara State, while playing with a dane gun belonging to her
grandfather who died seven years ago.
The incident, which occurred at Alangua area of Tanke, caused
commotion as the residents said the gun had not been used since the
said grandfather, identified as Baba Ria, died. The man was said to
have been a devotee of Ogun, the god of iron. But, no one had been
using the shrine since he died.
Witnesses said the incident occurred on Saturday when the girl,
identified simply as Ganiyat, was playing with the gun in the midst of
her siblings.
A source said: “Ganiyat’s mother came to pay a visit and this happened
after her departure. The kids live here with their grandmother but
early this morning Ganiyat, who was playing with her peers, suddenly
asked others to go away while she ran into the abandoned Ogun shrine
in a room belonging to Baba Ria, a hunter and worshiper of Ogun.
“The gun has been in the shrine since the man died seven years ago. No
one knows what was happening, until a deafening roar from a gun
alerted everyone around 11.35am.
“We ran out only to see Ganiyat in her pool of blood with her eyes
bulging out. Our neighbours rushed her to a nearby Group Medical
Centre, Tanke, where she was confirmed dead.”
When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr
Ajayi Okasanmi, said investigation was still on going.
It was gathered that the police had seized the gun and arrested some
men in the compound with a view to finding out why they had kept the
gun for long after the owner had died.
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