A 10-year-old boy strangles his friend during a Lagos football match.
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Israel, a 10-year-old boy, strangled his friend Ezekiel at Powerline in the Lagos State neighborhood of Ejigbo.
According to what PUNCH Online has learned, the incident occurred on Friday while playing football in the neighborhood.
According to a police source who spoke with our correspondent on Saturday, the two boys got into an argument while the match was still going on.
In the process, the source claims that Israel reached for 10-year-old Ezekiel’s neck and strangled him until he passed out and stopped breathing.
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The source said, “A report was received at Ejigbo Division on Friday from a complainant that stated that his son, Israel aged 10 was playing football with some boys at Oluwole Street, Powerline Ejigbo, where his mother’s shop is situated when he argued with one of the boys named Ezekiel aged 10, who held him on the neck and strangled him until he died.”
The late Ezekiel was said to have been rushed to the hospital where he was confirmed dead by the doctor on duty.
“A team of detectives visited the scene, where a photograph of the corpse was taken and the body was taken to the General Hospital in the Isolo area of the state where the doctor confirmed him dead,” the source added.
When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident.
He said, “The body has been transferred to the mortuary for post-mortem examination. The suspect is in police custody, and an investigation is in progress.”
