Belief in the efficacy of a locally-prepared charm that could stave off gunshots has led to the death of a 12-year-old child in Kaiama in Kwara.
His elder brother shot him dead while testing the charm’s efficacy with which the two of them had just “fortified” themselves.
The police spokesman in Kwara, Ajayi Okasanmi, stated on Monday in Ilorin that upon their return home after procuring the charm, the elder took their father’s hunting Dane gun and shot the deceased to test its efficacy.
He stated that the 12-year-old died on the spot from the shot.
“The two of them are sons of one Abubakar Abubakar, a hunter in Dutse Gogo town in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara.
“The culprit escaped into the bushes immediately after the act,” he said.
The police spokesperson said investigation into the matter had begun, just as he urged parents to monitor their children’s activities.
(NAN)
