2nd May 2023

https://punchng.com/hunter-trailing-antelope-shoots-colleague-dead-in-ogun/

ByToni Ufoh

Members of the family of an Ogun State-based hunter, Olasunkanmi Olakiye, are currently grieving following his untimely death.

PUNCH Metrogathered that the 35-year-old man was accidentally shot dead by one of his co-hunters while they were on a hunting expedition in a bush in the Odeda area of the state on April 20.

The incident, it was learnt, threw the Egba Hunters Association, a group the deceased belonged to, into confusion.

The group’s leader, Alao Yusuf, confirmed the incident in an interview withPUNCH Metroon Monday, describing it as an accident.

Yusuf said the information gathered from the group members who were with the deceased showed that he was accidentally shot by a team member when they were making attempts to kill an antelope in the bush.

He regretted that efforts made by his colleagues to save Olakiye’s life proved futile…