Man detained after shooting loaded pistol and killing 3-year-old daughter

Semiu Adegesin, age 45, was detained on Friday by the Ogun State Police Command.

According to a statement by the public relations officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspect’s carelessness caused a 3-year-old daughter named Esther Samuel to pass away.

He was detained when Imasayi Divisional headquarters received a complaint that Ope Babalola, a 13-year-old boy, had shot Esther.

According to reports, the adolescent shot at Kukudi village in Imasayi, Yewa North Local Government District, with a dane gun.

Detectives were directed to the spot by SP Arowojeun Michael, a Divisional Police Officer, where the dead was found lying in a pool of blood.

According to preliminary inquiry, Semiu loaded his dane pistol and negligently left it in the backyard of the house where kids play.

The young child was transferred to General Hospital Ilaro, where the on-call physician verified she had passed away.

Frank Mba, the commissioner of police, expressed sympathy to the family and ordered that the investigation be forwarded to the State Criminal Investigation Department’s Murder division.