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NaijaCover(m): 7:59am On Mar 20

The Imo State Police Command has announced the arrest of a landlord whose identity is still unknown after shooting a boy identified as Paul who jumped into his house to retrieve a ball during a game of football.

PUNCH Metro gathered on Wednesday that Paul and his fellow schoolmates were playing football on Monday within their Urban Secondary School field in Area N, World Bank Housing Estate in Owerri, the Imo State capital, when the ball entered the next building.

However, the ball bounced out and landed in the now-arrested landlord’s house. In an attempt to retrieve the ball, Paul jumped into the man’s property and was shot around the waist which left him lying critically in pain.

When ed about the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer for Imo State Police Command, Henry Okoye, confirmed the landlord’s arrest.

Okoye said, “The man has been arrested, and an investigation is ongoing. The victim is currently receiving treatment at the hospital.”

However, Paul’s guardian, Jonathan Odikanwa, who was seen running helter-skelter for surgery on his son told our correspondent on Wednesday that he was concerned about his child and didn’t want to escalate the issue.

The businessman said, “I thank you for coming to interview me. However, I don’t want to escalate the issue for now. I just want my boy to survive this critical period.

“The X-ray showed that there is no bullet in his body but doctors are wondering why his bowel movements are not working. He is scheduled for surgery for them to look into his stomach and see what is going on there.

“So for now, what I earnestly want from you and everyone else is to us to pray for him to survive. He’s been crying for water but the doctors are trying to find out what is causing the problem with the bowel movements.”

I know he is in pain but until after the procedure and the success, I don’t want to say anything. Just us and pray for my son to survive”.

Paul has lived with the Odikanwa family for about eight years from where he began schooling and is currently in JSS 1 at the Urban Secondary School Owerri.

Source: https://punchng.com/imo-landlord-arrested-for-shooting-tenants-son/

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NaijaCover(m): 8:00am On Mar 20

What Is Really Happening Inside This IMO 😭

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cenaman(m): 8:08am On Mar 20

The landlord and Wike Are brothers

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SoftSport(m): 8:14am On Mar 20

This feels eerily similar to the growing pattern of vigilantism in Nigeria lately, where people seem to be taking justice into their own hands, almost like the "no-nonsense" attitude sweeping through the nation these days. 😠🤕

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Shinjawestern: 8:38am On Mar 20

Pray you don't stay in a street where those rascal boys play football.... They will hit Ur gate and kick the ball into Ur house...

Dem too dey distop..

Good for the boy. Next time he will not jump into some one property

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ChizzyBuna(m): 8:39am On Mar 20

Bad

Jestin: 8:39am On Mar 20

End time landlord

ojotobiloba1: 8:40am On Mar 20

Shinjawestern:
Pray you don't stay in a street where those rascal boys play football.... They will hit Ur gate and kick the ball into Ur house...

Dem too dey distop..

Good for the boy. Next time he will not jump into some one property

You re technically mad

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Bittersweetnig(m): 8:40am On Mar 20

cenaman:
The landlord and Wike Are brothers

Research shows nobody is normal again in Nigeria, nobody

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Osiris12: 8:41am On Mar 20

FAFO

Shinjawestern: 8:42am On Mar 20

ojotobiloba1:

You re technically mad

.

You r next...

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NaijaCover(m): 8:43am On Mar 20

Jestin:
End time landlord

The Matter Shock Mr Blogger

theophorus(m): 8:43am On Mar 20

May the Boy be restored to perfect health.

NB: when your area is security threat because of untrained children who are busy causing mayhem up and down in the name of Biafl* or ****, this is the danger that comes with it.

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ChicagoFires: 8:44am On Mar 20

Very wicked landlord. He should be locked up in kirikiri

inoki247: 8:44am On Mar 20

Lol Dem don go enter Gangsta house grin

Before na Beware of Dog now na Beware of Gun....

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davillian(m): 8:45am On Mar 20

if we knock and shout
you dont answer
we fly fence or gate provided there is no dog in the compound.....

iwaeda: 8:45am On Mar 20

Anger management. cry

Akalia(m): 8:47am On Mar 20

The landlord has being targeting that boy. The act of violence was pre-meditated.

dkidd: 8:47am On Mar 20

The man is evil. He's just a kid why not just scare him against next time and if u must shoot, shoot in the air

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davillian(m): 8:48am On Mar 20

Shinjawestern:
Pray you don't stay in a street where those rascal boys play football.... They will hit Ur gate and kick the ball into Ur house...

Dem too dey distop..

Good for the boy. Next time he will not jump into some one property

if we knock and shout
you dont answer
we fly fence or gate provided there is no dog in the compound.....
its like you dint do things like this as a kid...

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adalame(m): 8:50am On Mar 20

On top ball. See wicked human being

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shortgun(m): 8:51am On Mar 20

Bad

Obiedun(m): 8:52am On Mar 20

ojotobiloba1:

You re technically mad

That is too impolite to insult him like that

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Emma09(m): 8:58am On Mar 20

Shinjawestern:
Pray you don't stay in a street where those rascal boys play football.... They will hit Ur gate and kick the ball into Ur house...

Dem too dey distop..

Good for the boy. Next time he will not jump into some one property

What u just typed here is really disturbing. U and the Man that shot that innocent boy are the same and u would do worse. I pray God forgives u for this statement.

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rhythyson: 9:02am On Mar 20

was he waitng for the boy to jump in . how come he has a loaded gun at the same time?

CJStarz: 9:05am On Mar 20

Shinjawestern:
Pray you don't stay in a street where those rascal boys play football.... They will hit Ur gate and kick the ball into Ur house...

Dem too dey distop..

Good for the boy. Next time he will not jump into some one property

You are a retard!

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quincee88(f): 9:05am On Mar 20

Shinjawestern:
Pray you don't stay in a street where those rascal boys play football.... They will hit Ur gate and kick the ball into Ur house...

Dem too dey distop..

Good for the boy. Next time he will not jump into some one property

You are evil. This same evil you will turn around to consume you some day. Tufiakwa

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ugodson(m): 9:06am On Mar 20

I feel for the boys guardian, all they want at this time is he should be well thats the most important thing, on like some people they will call for the landlords sue and start demanding for compensation.

I pray he gets well.

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Amah70: 9:06am On Mar 20

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Source: https://punchng.com/imo-landlord-arrested-for-shooting-tenants-son/

Paul is from Orlu side of Imo state.
He would have been attending school in his hometown if not that they made Imo state such that every one in Imo state must move into Owerri.

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quincee88(f): 9:09am On Mar 20

rhythyson:
was he waitng for the boy to jump in . how come he has a loaded gun at the same time?

These questions beg for answers for any sane human. Has the boy in particular always been his target? Did he shoot without looking? What exactly was his motivation?

No one is safe anymore. Not even the very innocent children. What a wicked world.

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CJStarz: 9:10am On Mar 20

Imo state men are known for hot temper especially those of them from Mbaise

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