BREAKING: Man Shot By Police In Osun Dies In Hospital

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A commercial motorcyclist, Saheed Olabomi who was shot on Tuesday evening by a police officer, has reportedly died in a teaching hospital in Osogbo.

Recall that the victim was reportedly hit by a stray bullet after a police officer allegedly shot to disperse people at a traffic scene around Oke-Onitea area, Osogbo, on Tuesday afternoon.

Sequel to this, the victim was immediately rushed to the Intensive Care Unit, Osun State University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo.

According to source in the hospital, Olabomi, who had been in a stable condition, died in the early hours of Friday between the hours of 4 and 5am at the UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital (UTH), Osogbo.

As at press time, his father, Adewale Oyedele Olabomi and members of his immediate family declined to speak on his demise citing the fact they are aggrieved.

Before his death, Saheed Olabomi, who was a nephew to the Aragbiji of Iragbiji, Oba Abdul-Rasheed Olabomi, was visited by a delegation of the state government composed of the Special Adviser on Works and Transport, Engr. Hussein Olatoke Olaniyan; Special Adviser on Security, Mrs. Abiodun Ige; and the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Olawale Olokode.