An 11-year-old boy, Adolphus Akua, has been reportedly killed by an explosive device suspected to be a grenade at Nyor Igyungu village, near the new Makurdi International Market. Sunday Vanguard gathered from a source in the neighbourhood that the deceased was a primary four pupil. According to him, the deceased only recently lost his father, Akua Mjoko, who, until his death, was an Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, from Mbapupur Gaambe Ushin in Gwer West local government area. “The boy’s father, who died few months back, was an ASP. After the father’s death, his children have also been dying. In this particular case, we learned that the boy was clearing up their living home few days ago when he found a grenade in one of the bags in the room”, the source said. “Unaware of what the substance was, the boy took it outside and used it as toy with children within the compound and neighbourhood. “In the cause of toying with the substance, he pulled off the pin on the ...
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