A teenage boy has been shot to death in Imo State (Nigeria) for jumping into a house to retrieve a ball during a football game.As reported, Paul died at the Specialist Hospital, Umuguma, Owerri barely 24 hours after undergoing surgery.
Paul’s father Mr Jonathan Odikanwa, a septuagenarian, told media that his ward passed away on Thursday afternoon, March 20, 2025.
The 16-year-old student of Urban Secondary School in the Area N, World Bank Housing area of Owerri had jumped over his school fence to retrieve a ball that entered the yet-to-be-identified landlord’s premises on Monday.
However, the property owner got offended and shot Paul in the waist, leaving him to battle for his life at the hospital.
Odikanwa had on Wednesday appealed to people to pray for the recovery of his ward as he was being wheeled into the theatre to find out where his bowel movements were impeded.
“He has passed away. My son has passed away. The doctors just said they lost him.
Even after the surgery yesterday (Wednesday), we had been hopeful that he would come around. My boy who had lived with me for over seven years had passed on,” he wailed.
