Four year old boy kills self with father's gun

A four year old boy, Akinwale Semiu shot himself to death in error on Tuesday, with a loaded gun kept by his father in his romm at Iyana Bare villane, Ibadan in Oluyole Local Government Area of Oyo State.
It was learnt that the father of the deceased, Mr Wahee Akinwale, said to be a hunter reported at Idi-Ayunre police station that he loaded his gun and kept it in his room in readiness for hunting on Tuesday night.
The man reportedly told the police that at about 9:30am, his son entered his room where he kept the gun, pulled the trigger and shot himself on the chest, dying instantly.
The shot was said to have been heard by othe children who were in the kitchen, cooking and they reportedly alerted a neighbour who also put a call through to the father.
Mr Akinwale told police that he and the child's mother were divorced, and that he had been taking care of him alone.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Olabisi Okuwobi-Ilobanafor, confirmed the incident, saying that the corpse had been deposited in the mortuary at State Hospital for autopsy.