{"id":14091,"date":"2026-11-10T12:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T12:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/10\/mother-seeks-justice-for-toddler-killed-by-police-bullet\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T12:00:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T12:00:48","slug":"mother-seeks-justice-for-toddler-killed-by-police-bullet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/10\/mother-seeks-justice-for-toddler-killed-by-police-bullet\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother seeks justice for toddler killed by police bullet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bintu Omole, the mother of Omole Taiwo, also known as Tayelolu, who died after being hit by a bullet discharged by a police officer during an operation in Nosamu, Ajegunle, Lagos State, has demanded justice for her daughter.\n<\/p>\n<p>The bereaved woman said Taiwo\u2019s twin died shortly after their birth, adding that she endured pain during pregnancy.\n<\/p>\n<p>Bintu stated this in a video interview published by News Central on Tuesday.\n<\/p>\n<p>According to the news outlet, Taiwo was aged one year, eight months.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, November 7, 2026, PUNCH Online <a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/police-bullet-kills-girl-injures-another-in-lagos\/\">reported<\/a> that the Lagos State Police Command detained an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Omotayo Olajide, after his firearm discharged during an operation in Ajegunle, hitting two girls.\n<\/p>\n<p>One of the girls, whose name remains undisclosed, was left injured and is currently receiving medical treatment. Unfortunately, Taiwo succumbed to her injuries.\n<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement issued by the command\u2019s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Adebisi, the incident occurred on Thursday, November 5, between 9.30 pm and 10 pm, in Nosamu, during a police response to a clash between two rival groups, identified as the Nosamu Boys and Alayabiagba Boys, over toll collection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the operation, ASP Olajide discharged his firearm, and the bullet struck the two girls. Both girls were rushed to Ajeromi General Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne was later transferred to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, where she gave up. The other child is receiving medical attention and is in stable condition,\u201d the police partly said.\n<\/p>\n<p>However, the Omole family has disputed the police claim that the officer was responding to a clash in the area.\n<\/p>\n<p>In her interview, Taiwo\u2019s mother narrated that she and some people were seated in a shop when they heard the siren blaring from a police vehicle.\n<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly, she said the vehicle sped into their area, and then she saw an officer bring out his gun to shoot. <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI just kept hearing the siren from the police vehicle. We were seated in our shop and were not bothered because we were not on the main road.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen we noticed the police vehicle speeding into our area. An officer brought out his gun from the vehicle and fired in our direction. I initially thought they had fired tear gas,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Bintu added, \u201cMy daughter has a twin, but we lost the twin (Kehinde) shortly after their birth. The pain I went through during pregnancy was not easy.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>She demanded justice for her daughter\u2019s death, saying the police in the Ajeromi area have brought her to tears.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe police in Ajeromi have made me cry.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want the police officer involved to go unpunished. May God arise and fight for Tayelolu. Her death must not be in vain,\u201d she appealed.\n<\/p>\n<p>Taiwo\u2019s father, Femi Omole, said there was no fight in the area at the time of the incident.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, there was no fight in Nosamu on that day. Even when there was a fight (in previous times), the police don\u2019t go there to shoot,\u201d Femi said.\n<\/p>\n<p>He, however, noted that they were probably \u201cmisbehaving,\u201d not specifically saying whether he was referring to the police or any group.<\/p>\n<p>Also, Sekinat Abolarin, a relative of the injured girl, said she is her younger sibling\u2019s daughter.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is my younger sibling\u2019s daughter. She is currently at the General Hospital,\u201d Abolarin stated, alleging that \u201cthe police officers in Ajeromi are responsible\u201d for the incident.\n<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the police report, Abolarin noted, \u201cThere was no fight at all. If there had been any fight, we would have taken our children away from the shop.\u201d\n                    <\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bintu Omole, the mother of Omole Taiwo, also known as Tayelolu, who died after being hit by a bullet discharged by a police officer during an operation in Nosamu, Ajegunle,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14091\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}