The command disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday, October 16, by its spokesperson, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi. According to the police, the incident occurred at about 3:30 pm on June 21 at a palm-wine shop along Council Road, beside the headquarters of Irepodun Local Government Area in Ilobu.
Ojelabi said the victim’s father, Olugbenga Olapade, reported the incident at the Ilobu Police Division at about 5 pm on the same day.
According to the police, Ezekiel was at the shop with his father and some customers when a group of people allegedly arrived in a Sienna bus and opened fire indiscriminately. The teenager sustained a gunshot injury and later died, while another victim, identified as Matthew John, popularly known as Mofoto, also sustained a gunshot injury.
The police spokesperson said a detailed investigation led to the arrest of five suspects: Saheed Kareem, 32, also known as Tanfiani; Ismail Yekeen, 24, alias Asumo Ayan; Abass Afeez, 32, popularly known as SS Abass; Salako Taofeek, 30, alias Fenuso; and Barrister Abdulrauf Ogunshola.
Ojelabi said the suspects confessed to participating in the crime, while further investigations allegedly identified Taofeek as the person who fired the shot that fatally wounded the teenager.
The statement added that Taofeek identified a man known as Alaagba, who is currently at large, as the alleged armourer and custodian of the firearm used in the operation.
The command said efforts were ongoing to apprehend the fleeing suspect and bring him to justice.
