{"id":66250,"date":"2025-05-21T20:36:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T20:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=66250"},"modified":"2025-05-21T20:36:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T20:36:26","slug":"igp-orders-probe-vows-justice-for-exam-candidate-killed-in-ibadan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/21\/igp-orders-probe-vows-justice-for-exam-candidate-killed-in-ibadan\/","title":{"rendered":"IGP Orders Probe, Vows Justice for Exam Candidate Killed in Ibadan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Samuel Adeola<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered a thorough investigation into the tragic killing of 14-year-old Kehinde Alade, a West African Examinations Council candidate who was reportedly shot during a clash in Ibadan, Oyo State.<\/p>\n<p>According to police spokesperson Muyiwa Adejobi, the officer responsible for the shooting has been arrested and is currently in custody.<\/p>\n<p>The incident reportedly occurred during a heated altercation between personnel of the Oyo State Police Command and the state\u2019s traffic agency, OYTMA.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released on Wednesday, the police condemned the killing and assured the public that the probe would be comprehensive, transparent, and concluded with justice served.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Inspector General expressed deep sorrow over the loss of young Kehinde and has pledged that the findings of the investigation will be made public,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The force also urged Nigerians to remain calm, law-abiding, and trust the process as efforts to bring accountability and justice are underway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Adeola The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered a thorough investigation into the tragic killing of 14-year-old Kehinde Alade, a West African Examinations Council candidate who was reportedly shot during a clash in Ibadan, Oyo State. According to police spokesperson Muyiwa Adejobi, the officer responsible for the shooting has been arrested [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":66251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-66250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66252,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66250\/revisions\/66252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}