A middle-aged man identified as Sunday, on Sunday at Ile Ife, mistakenly shot himself while celebrating the victory of Senator Ademola Adeleke, the newly Governor-elect under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

It was gathered that Sunday who is living at Iraye junction of Ile-Ife was overjoyous while he was with his friends around his compound to celebrate emergence of Adeleke as the governor-elect.

A source disclosed that, “Sunday went into his house to pick his gun which was loaded and he was attempting to fire a shot to the sky when he shot himself.

He is a member of vigilante group but he was claiming that he belong to Amotekun.

“The friends who were at the scene took him to a hospital in Lagere, Ile-Ife for proper treatment but he was referred to another hospital I don’t know,” the source said.

When contacted, the Field Commandant of Amotekun, Comrade Amitolu Shittu confirmed the incident but denied that Sunday was a member of the outfit. (Courtesy, excluding headline, Vanguard)