Autopsy: Bullet Penetration Found On Body Of 17-Year-Old Allegedly Shot By Police – Pathologist

A Pathologist, Professor Olabode Oluwole, told an FCT High Court, Kubwa that an autopsy conducted on a 17-year-old deceased boy showed an entry gunshot wound.

Oluwole, a consultant at the University of Abuja Teaching hospital, Gwagwalada, said this today, at the resumed trial of former Inspector Haruna Ocheni, charged with culpable homicide.

The witness, led in evidence by the  Prosecution Counsel, Adama Musa said he was called upon by the investigating police officer, Inspector Felix Peter, to conduct an autopsy sometime in 2020.

“The autopsy conducted showed a massive blood clot in the abdomen and there was an entry gun wound on the right back of the deceased between his sixth to the seventh rib.

“The exit was at the seventh rib anteriorly and the diaphragm was torn by the gunshot which resulted in severe hypovolaemic meaning, severe blood loss due to the gunshot wound, ” he said.

During cross-examination, the defence counsel, Gabriel Salifu asked the witness how many days after the death of the 17-year-old boy the autopsy was conducted. Salifu also asked if other factors lead to the cause of death.

In response, the witness said an autopsy was conducted a couple of days after the death of the 17-year-old boy at the  Kubwa General Hospital.

” Based on my findings a bullet passed through the diaphragm and tore the great vessels which lead to severe bleeding which was the cause of death,” he said.

Justice Kezziah Ogbonnaya however adjourned the case until February 14 for the continuation of the hearing.

Recall that the defendant allegedly shot the 17-year-old boy to death in his father’s house, in March 2020.