Imo: 16-year-old pupil shot for playing ball, dies after surgery
By John Okezie
The 16-year-old boy and a student of Urban Secondary World Bank, a Suburb of Owerri capital metropolis died on Thursday at the Umuguma Specialist Hospital Owerri after a surgery to save his life
Abeyanews recalls that the 16 years old had jumped over his school fence to retrieve a ball that entered another person’s premises on Monday, but the property owner allegedly got offended and shot Paul by his waist, leaving him to battle for his life at the hospital.
Paul’s guardian, Mr Jonathan Odikanwa, a septugenarian informed that Paul passed away on Thursday afternoon.
Odikanwa said: “He has passed, my son has passed away. The doctors just said they lost him. Even after the surgery yesterday (Wednesday), we have been hopeful that he will come around. My boy who has lived with me for over seven years has passed on.”
According to him, 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.
The deceased who is not a biological son of Odikanwa, had lived with the Odikanwas for about eight years from where he began schooling and was in JSS 1 at Urban Secondary School, Area N, World bank area of Owerri.
Spokesperson of the Imo State Police Command, DSP Henry Okoye confirmed the incident and the arrest of the landlord who shot the teenager.
